Year/Century: 18th century
Language: Italian
Subject: Illustrated
Binding: Leather
Description: Alessandro di Ma. Boccaccio, Giovanni by Boccaccio, Giovanni Londra, that is. Five volumes, Paris], Prault] ; 1757-[1761). xi, [1], 291 pp., 195 pp., 261 pp. every volume has a 1757 title page that is etched; frontispiece engraved in Vol. I; 110 etched plates with pictorial tailpieces inside the volumes. (17.7x12 cm/7x4"·"), (8vo), 18th-century full red morocco with three filet borders plated in gold, gilt inner dentelles, gilt spines, and gilt trim around the edges. Beautiful reprint of Boccaccio's masterpiece, Gravelot, which is based primarily on drawings by Hubert Francois Bourguignon. Aliamet, L.S. Lempereur, and other engravings from the eighteenth century. Vols for the tailpieces. 2 and 5 are dated from 1758 to 1761. Bookplates with an armada. Every volume has a tiny label on the back pastedown that lists the library call numbers. Very nice set in very good condition with very little wear.
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