1952-1965 Giovanni Boccacio: La Letturara Italiana Storia E Testi, Volumes 8 and 9

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An Important Work, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper, With Slipcase

Two insightful volumes concerning the work of prestigious Italian writer Giovanni Boccacio, volumes 8 and 9 in the Riccardo Ricciardi series La Letturatura Italiana Storia E Testi, directed by Raffaele Mattioli, Pietro Pancrazi and Alfredo Schaffiani.

In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrappers and brown paper slipcases.

Often regarded as one of the forefathers of humanist literature, Boccacio is often considered one of the greatest prose writers in European history. Volume 8 includes Boccacio's Decameron, a collection of short stories considered to be one of the most significant works in Medieval European literature, masterfully portraying humanity and Italian society in the fourteenth century.

Volume 8: 'Decameron - Filocolo, Ameto Flammeta', edited by Enricho Bianchi, Carlo Salinari and Natalino Sapegno. Published 1952.
Volume 9: 'Opere in Versi, Corbaccio, Trattatello in Laude di Dante, Prose Latine, Epistole', edited by Pier Giorgio Ricci. Published in 1965.