Description: TALES FROM THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO translated by Richard Aldington The Decameron is a work of broad-sweeping comic views. It was written by Giovanni Boccaccio, an Italian poet and scholar who raised vernacular literature to the status of the classics of antiquity and who prepared for the humanism of the Renaissance. The tales are set in 1348, the year of the Black Death. Florence is a dying, corrupt city, described plainly in all of its horrors. Seven ladies and three gentlemen meet in a church and decide to escape from the charnel house of reality by staying in the hills of Fiesole; there they pass the time telling stories for ten days. Published by Book League of America, 1930. This volume is a hardcover in good condition. Tight covers and binding. No cracked hinges. No writing. There is some wear to the edges and covers. 378 clean aged colored pages. SEE PICTURES ANY QUESTION PLEASE ASK! WE COMBINE SHIP. RONI MAY COLLECTIBLES | eBay Stores Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Title: TALES FROM THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO
Publisher: The Book League of American
Topic: Historical
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Modified Item: No
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1930
