The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio (Signed by Rockwell Kent)
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1949.
Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Limited Edition. Hardcover.
#640 of a limited edition of 1500 sets. Signed by Rockwell Kent on limitation page. 2 Volume Set in slip-case. Complete and Unexpurgated.
The year is 1348, the Black Death is on the rise. Ten young Italians escape plague-infested Florence and retreat to the countryside. There, they tell each other one hundred stories - romantic, tragic, comic, and farcical - celebrating medieval life.
Item #9006856-5/8 x 9-3/4", gilt titled maroon cloth, top-edge gilt, deckled fore-edge, light grey endpapers, xvii, 562pp, headpieces and 32 full-page color plates by Rockwell Kent.
Sunfading to spines, bit of faint staining to heads of spines, very light toning to gutters of endpapers, internally clean, crisp, square, unread, very good+ in very good slip-case with some wear and toning to edges.
Price: $175.00