329 - Boccaccio, G. The Decameron. 5 vols. London (of Paris), 1757. With 1 engraved portrait, 5 copperplate engravings, 110 copperplate engravings after Boucher, Cochin, Eisen, and Gravelot, and over 200 engraved vignettes. Decorative 19th-century calfskin bindings with rich floral gilt spine decoration, 2 colored spine labels, gilt-tooled cover fillets, gilt edges and inner margins, and gilt edges.

Boccaccio, G. The Decameron. 5 vols. London (of Paris), 1757. With 1 engraved portrait, 5 copperplate engravings, 110 copperplate engravings after Boucher, Cochin, Eisen, and Gravelot, and over 200 engraved vignettes. Decorative 19th-century calfskin bindings with rich floral gilt spine decoration, 2 colored spine labels, gilt-tooled cover fillets, gilt edges and inner margins, and gilt edges. Cohen/Ricci 160; Sander 182. - First edition with these illustrations (second printing, the plates on the verso without initials), engraved by, among others, Aliamet, Baquoy, Flipart, Legrand, Lemire, Lepereur, Leveau, Moitte, and Ouvrier.] 'Gravelot's illustrations are sensational not only for their artistic quality, but also for their unprecedented scope in this master's work. The lighthearted spirit of the Early Renaissance is so completely intertwined here with the grace of the 18th century that an almost flawless unity has been created. These illustrations rightly rank among the most brilliant of the age.' (Fürstenberg). - Wide-margined copy. - List of plates at the end of the last volume with the publisher's handwritten initials. - Engraved coat of arms bookplate 'Christian de Blonay' on a pastedown.