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Giovanni Boccaccio
Il Decamerone, 1757.
Post auction sale: € 700 / $ 812
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Giovanni Boccaccio
Il Decamerone. 5 Bände. "Londres" [Paris] 1757.

Erste Ausgabe mit den reizvollen Kupfertafeln nach Gravelot.

"Un des livres illustrés des plus réussis de tout le XVIIIe siècle" (Cohen/R.).

EINBAND: Rote Halbmaroquinbände des 19. Jahrhunderts mit Quarée-Vergoldung, marmorierten Vorsätzen und Ganzgoldschnitt. 21 : 13 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit gestochenem Porträt, 5 gestochenen Titeln, 110 Kupfertafeln nach Gravelot sowie 210 gestochenen Vignetten. - ZUSTAND: Erste und letzte Bll. jew. leicht stockfleckig, sonst innen sauberes und breitrandiges Exemplar auf kräftigem Bütten. Einbde. gering fleckig und tls. leicht berieben.

LITERATUR: Cohen/Ricci Sp. 158ff. - Sander 183. - Lewine S. 71.

First edition with these charming illustrations after Gravelot. 5 vols. With engr. portrait, 5 engr. titles, 110 copperplates and 210 engr. vignettes. 19th cent. half morocco with gilt spine and gilt edges. - First and and last leaf of each vol. slightly foxed, else inside clean and broadmargined copy on laid paper. Bindings with minor staining and partly a bit rubbed.





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