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36 - Boccaccio, G.
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Boccaccio, G. Il Decamerone. 5 vols. London (= Paris) 1757. With 1 engraved portrait, 5 engraved title pages, and 110 copperplate engravings after Boucher (6), Cochin (5), Eisen (11), Gravelot (88), as well as 97 engraved final vignettes. Modern leather bindings with gold-embossed fillets, raised bands, and raised edges. (Slightly rubbed and worn.) Cohen-R. 158. Sander 182. Lewine 71. Salomons, Eisen 67. Salomons, Gravelot 43. Fürstenberg p. 78. — First edition with these illustrations and a parallel edition in Italian. “The illustrations are rightly considered among the finest of the era” (Fürstenberg). – Wide-margin copy. Some pages slightly stained, no address. – Bookplate (possibly the Henry Potts family).
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Auction 146 - Day 1Auction house
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