Author: BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI (1313-1375)
Title: Decameron / Giovanni Boccaccio ; the John Payne Translation, Revised and Annotated by Charles S. Singleton [Complete in Two Volumes with a 3rd Supplementary Volume of Notes and Commentary]
Description: Berkeley : University of California Press 1982. 1st Edition in this form. Fine copies all in the original gilt-blocked buckram. Corners sharp with an overall tight. bright and clean impression. Complete with slip-case.; 0 pages; Description: 3 v. (xx. 948 p. ) : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes index. Translation of: Decamerone. 'This revision of the John Payne translation is based on the newly identified holograph manuscript of the Decameron known as Hamilton 90'--T. P. Verso. Contents: v. 1. Days 1-V -- v. 2. Days VI-X -- v. 3. Notes and commentary. Subjects: Plague--Europe--History--Fiction. Storytelling. Form/Genre: Allegories. Frame-stories.ISBN: 0520035577. Weight in Kg appr.:

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