BOCCACE. The Decameron of John Boccaccio. London... Lot 270

[BOCCACE]. The Decameron of John Boccaccio. London [Paris], 1757-1761. 5?volumes in-8°, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, blue morocco lining decorated with a large lace frame, pink moire endpapers, gilt head, cases (Joly Fils).A portrait in the frontispiece of volume I, five title-frontispieces and 110 out-of-text figures by BOUCHER, COCHIN, EISEN & GRAVELOT, engraved by FLIPARD, LEMPEREUR, LE MIRE, MARTENASI, SORNIQUE, TARDIEU... ; headbands and endpapers.A copy of which some plates bear the initials indicated by Cohen (160-161) as a sign of the first printing.A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE, IN A DENTED LEATHERBOX, OF "ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ILLUSTRAL BOOKS OF THE WHOLE 17th CENTURY" (Cohen, 158-161).