BOCCACE Jean. Tales (The Decameron). Translated... - Lot 26 - Audap & Associés

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BOCCACE Jean. Tales (The Decameron). Translated... - Lot 26 - Audap & Associés
BOCCACE Jean. Tales (The Decameron). Translated from the Italian and preceded by a historical note by A. Barbier. Paris, Barbier, 1846; very large, in-8°, old half morocco binding with plum corners, gilt fillets, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic motifs, gilt head, untrimmed, illustrated cover and spine (Bretault). BEAUTIFUL ROMANTIC ILLUSTRATION EDITION, with a frontispiece by H. Baron and wood-engraved compositions after Tony Johannot, Eugène Laville, Célestin Nanteuil, Grandville, Ch. Geoffroy... some of which hors-texte. A VERY FINE COPY, PERFECTLY ESTABLISHED, WITH ITS COVER, BY JOSEPH BRETAULT AROUND 1890.
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