Lot 15
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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. Il Decamerone, London [but Paris: Prault], 1757. 5 volumes, 8°, 5 engraved titles, plates after Gravelot, Boucher, Cochin and Eisen, engraved head- and tailpieces after Gravelot (2 leaves ink spotted in vol. one, a few spots), contemporary polished calf, covers with gilt-ruled borders, spines gilt with red morocco lettering-pieces (extremities rubbbed, some worming mainly to joints), bookplate (1). Brunet I, 1007; Cohen-de Ricci 158-60; Ray French 15. (5)
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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. Il Decamerone, London [but Paris: Prault], 1757. 5 volumes, 8°, 5 engraved titles, plates after Gravelot, Boucher, Cochin and Eisen, engraved head- and tailpieces after Gravelot (2 leaves ink spotted in vol. one, a few spots), contemporary polished calf, covers with gilt-ruled borders, spines gilt with red morocco lettering-pieces (extremities rubbbed, some worming mainly to joints), bookplate (1). Brunet I, 1007; Cohen-de Ricci 158-60; Ray French 15. (5)

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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. Il Decamerone, London [but Paris: Prault], 1757. 5 volumes, 8°, 5 engraved titles, plates after Gravelot, Boucher, Cochin and Eisen, engraved head- and tailpieces after Gravelot (2 leaves ink spotted in vol. one, a few spots), contemporary polished calf, covers with gilt-ruled borders, spines gilt with red morocco lettering-pieces (extremities rubbbed, some worming mainly to joints), bookplate (1). Brunet I, 1007; Cohen-de Ricci 158-60; Ray French 15. (5)
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