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Le Decameron. Contes de Bocace, traduction nouvelle; augmentée de diverses contes et nouvelles en vers (1811.)
11 engraved frontispieces, two portraits and 119 engraved plates.11 vols. 18mo. Original cloth backed boards, original printed paper labels on spines, uncut (some defects to joints; volumes enclosed within 3 cloth boxes).
A profusely illustrated edition of this French version of the tales of Boccacio; most of the illustrations consist of the designs of Gravelot which were reduced and engraved "en sens inverses" by new engravers, but ten designs, mostly by Bonnet, are new to this edition.Our copy contains 119 engraved plates, eight more than the 111 called for by Reynaud in his supplement to Cohen-De Ricci.Cohen-De Ricci 162. Reynaud, cols. 58/9.
Stock Code: CO15410
