Der Decamerone
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, n/d. Hardcover. vg. 5 volumes. 264pp. 252pp. 188pp. 238pp. 227pp. Half leather over marbled boards. Gold decorated spine with labels in red and green. Some fading to green on spine on Vol.II, III and IV. Corners bumped and worn. The story takes place in medieval Europe during the "Black Death", the plague that killed one third of the European population. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of etchings by Gravelot, Boucher and Eisen taken from the 1757 edition. Translated from the Italian by Heinrich Conrad. Text in German. Binding in very good, interior in near fine condition. Scarce in this special binding.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14030
- Title
- Der Decamerone
- Author
- Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Propyläen Verlag
- Place of Publication
- Berlin
- Date Published
- n/d
- Keywords
- Italy, European literature, Italian writers, Medieval Europe, Renaissance literature , Renaussance humanism
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...