BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. Il Decamerone. London [but Paris], 1757. Engraved title-pages by Le Mire and Aliamet after Gravelot in each volume, engraved portrait and 110 engraved plates by Le Mire, Flipart, Lempereur, and others. 5 volumes, 8vo, contemporary red morocco gilt, e.g., spines dried, some chipping and splitting; minor damp staining to endpapers, tears to page 259/60 and 261 of vol. IV, minor staining and browning to a very few plates and pages. FIRST ISSUE OF THIS EDITION in Italien illustrated by Gravelot and others. Gravelot designed 89 of 111 plates and all of the tailpieces. Cohen-de Ricci 158. (5)

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BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. Il Decamerone. London [but Paris], 1757. Engraved title-pages by Le Mire and Aliamet after Gravelot in each volume, engraved portrait and 110 engraved plates by Le Mire, Flipart, Lempereur, and others. 5 volumes, 8vo, contemporary red morocco gilt, e.g., spines dried, some chipping and splitting; minor damp staining to endpapers, tears to page 259/60 and 261 of vol. IV, minor staining and browning to a very few plates and pages. FIRST ISSUE OF THIS EDITION in Italien illustrated by Gravelot and others. Gravelot designed 89 of 111 plates and all of the tailpieces. Cohen-de Ricci 158. (5)

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