1906 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

Description

Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

Complete in two volumes.

'The Decameron' is a collection of novellas by the Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, spilt into one-hundred tales. They're told from the point of view of ten young men and women, hiding in a villa outside Florence, trying to escape the Black Death.

Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece, and seven plates.

Volume II is illustrated with four plates.

Collated, complete.

Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer and poet who was an important figure during the Renaissance.

Illustrated by the French artist Louis Chalon. Many of his illustrations were used in periodicals, including 'La Vie Parisienne', 'L'Illustration', and 'Figaro Illustre'.