1662 Decameron Boccaccio Macon Black Death Bubonic Plague RARE Renaissance Italy

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni

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“Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.”

― Giovanni Boccaccio

 

‘The Decameron’ is one of the most famous novels of the 14th-century. Written by humanist author Giovanni Boccaccio, ‘Decameron’ is a collection of short stories and tales told by a group of friends who are seeking to escape the Black Death in Florence, Italy. The stories cover a wide variety of topics including jokes and humor, erotic love, tragedy, adventures, and folk and mythology tales.

 

This 1662 French edition of ‘Decameron’ was published in Paris and translated out of the original Italian by Antoine le Macon. Macon’s French edition is the most important French edition and was the first to be made out of the original Italian!

 

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1662 Decameron Boccaccio Macon Black Death Bubonic Plague RARE Renaissance Italy

 

“Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.”

― Giovanni Boccaccio

 

‘The Decameron’ is one of the most famous novels of the 14th-century. Written by humanist author Giovanni Boccaccio, ‘Decameron’ is a collection of short stories and tales told by a group of friends who are seeking to escape the Black Death in Florence, Italy. The stories cover a wide variety of topics including jokes and humor, erotic love, tragedy, adventures, and folk and mythology tales.

 

This 1662 French edition of ‘Decameron’ was published in Paris and translated out of the original Italian by Antoine le Macon. Macon’s French edition is the most important French edition and was the first to be made out of the original Italian!

 

Item number: #21389

Price: $599

 

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni

 

Le Decameron

 

A Paris: Chez Arnovld Cotinet, 1662.

 

Details:

  • Collation: Complete with all pages
    • [24], 967, [1]
  • Provenance: Handwritten
    • [Mezeray], ‘81
    • [J. S. Fournelle]
    • Tyttor, 1773
  • Language: French
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~7.75in X 4.75in (19.5cm x 12cm)

 

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21389

Category

European History

Authors

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni

Printing Date

17th Century

Language

French

Binding

Leather

Book Condition

Excellent

Collation

Complete

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