Le Décaméron
BOCCACE illustrated by Jacques Wagrez
Paris - H. Launette Et Cie - 1890
- Format : Fort in-4
- Number of volumes : 3 volumes
- Binding : Related
- Collation : Tome 1: 310 pp.Tome 2: 319 pp.Tome 3: 274 pp.
Translation and notes by Francisque Reynard, half-marbled marine corner binding. Nervous spine with golden title and author, date in tail. Double golden fillet on the boards. Top edge gilt. Original paper covers and spine bound in. Perfectly fresh interior. Illustrated with numerous engravings in and out of text by Jacques WAGREZ. The lower corner of Volume 2 is a little damaged.
At the head of this new book, entitled the Decameron, a Greek word meaning the ten days, Boccaccio placed the description of the Florence plague. The description of the delicious countryside of Florence, where these joyful hermits had taken refuge, gave the author the opportunity to show all the riches of the highest and most graceful style at the same time. Excerpts from the Notice on the life and works of Boccaccio by Francisque Reynard, a magnificent ensemble with a rich iconography.
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