BOCCACE. The Decameron of John Boccaccio. London [i.e. Paris], s.n., 1757-1761. 5 vol. in-8, contemporary tortoiseshell calf, smooth spine decorated with small irons, garnet and green calf title and gilt fillet, gilt edges (5 cuffs uncovered, superficial rubbing, a few slightly dull corners; scattered spotting, browning in places).
Very fine edition illustrated with a title-frontispiece, 5 frontispieces, 1 portrait, 110 hors-texte engravings and 97 culs-de-lampe, by Gravelot, Boucher, Cochin and Eisen, engraved by Aliamet, Baquoy, Flipart, Le Mire, Tardieu. This edition contains the same figures as the Italian edition published the same year.
A large-margined copy (h=212mm.).
(Cohen 160-161).
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