The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio / newly translated from the Italian by Frances Winwar ; with an introduction by Burton Rascoe.

The Decameron (c.1351) is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the Black Death. The stories are told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women who are seeking to escape the ravages of the plague. Boccaccio's skill as a drama...

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Main Author: Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 (Author)
Corporate Authors: A. Colish (Firm) (Printer), George McKibbin and Son (bookbinder.)
Other Authors: Winwar, Frances, 1900-1985 (Translator), Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964 (Illustrator), Rascoe, Burton, 1892-1957 (Contributor)
Other title:Decamerone. English. (Winwar)
Format: Book
Language:English
Italian
Donor:Rare Books Collection copy gift of Samuel Goldman.
Published: New York [N.Y.] : The Limited Editions Club, 1930.
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