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Wednesday 15 June 2022 e Thursday 16 June 2022, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Boccaccio, Giovanni

Le Decameron de Jean Bocace, 1801

Estimate

€ 100 - 200

Sold

€ 166

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Paris, Poncelin, 1801. In the 8th. 11 vols. Elegant figured frontispieces completely engraved in copper, accompanied by numerous full-page plates out of text from drawings by Gravelot, Boucher and others, and finely engraved by Cochin, Goulet, etc., slight blooms and reddening, coeval binding in brown calfskin, framed plates from gilded frame, to the smooth back red leather gusset with title embossed in gold, green gusset with tome number, elegant gilt friezes, back of the VII vol. partially detached, some lack and restoration, slight defects. & nbsp;

Specialist Notes

Beautiful edition illustrated with finely engraved plates, selection of stories taken from the Decameron and from the works of La Fontaine, Dorat and others.