Decameron / Giovanni Boccaccio ; the John Payne Translation, Revised and Annotated by Charles S. Singleton [Complete in Two Volumes with a 3rd Supplementary Volume of Notes and Commentary]
1982, 1st Edition in this form. Berkeley : University of California Press. Fine copies all in the original gilt-blocked buckram. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Complete with slip-case.; 0 pages; Description: 3 v. (xx, 948 p. ) : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes index. Translation of: Decamerone. "This revision of the John Payne translation is based on the newly identified holograph manuscript of the Decameron known as Hamilton 90"--T. P. Verso. Contents: v. 1. Days 1-V -- v. 2. Days VI-X -- v. 3. Notes and commentary. Subjects: Plague--Europe--History--Fiction. Storytelling. Form/Genre: Allegories. Frame-stories. Item #45189
ISBN: 0520035577
Price: €85.00