BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI — The Decameron

Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, 1930. Hardcover. A reprint edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's collection, per the foreword, of "one hundred tales, told in ten days by seven ladies and three young men." The storytellers were secluded together near Florence during the period of the Black Death. The tales vary from the erotic to the tragic, tales of wit, practical jokes, and life lessons (per Wikipedia). The series was completed about 1353. With illustrations in color and black & white by Jean de Bosschère. Translated from the Italian by Richard Aldington. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling & decorations. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- The binding is a bit loosened, but holding; and with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper and dulling to spine gilding. Covers with a little wear to extremities and a few spots of soiling. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xix, 576 pages. Good+ with no dust jacket .