![]() ![]() In addition to its literary value and widespread influence (for example on Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales), it provides a document of life at the time. Tales of wit, practical jokes, and life lessons contribute to the mosaic. The various tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Boccaccio probably conceived of The Decameron after the epidemic of 1348, and completed it by 1353. The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city. The book : Very nice 17th century Italian edition of The Decameron subtitled Prince Galehaut (Old Italian: Prencipe Galeotto and sometimes nicknamed l'Umana commedia ("the Human comedy"), - a collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375). Ĭontent : Very good content (bright and tight, rare foxing and staining, name of a previous owner on first endpaper). Second Amsterdam edition (the first appeared in 1665).īinding : Very good full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn, scuffed and soiled - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover. ![]() Publisher : Amsterdam, no publisher (Elzevier), 1679. Parte Prima + Parte Seconda, Prefacione + Poemio : J. Si come lo, diedero alle stampe gli SSri Giunti l ` Anno 1527. Title : Il Decameron di Messer Giovanni Boccacci, Cittadino Fiorentino. ![]()
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