THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO 2007 FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITION

[BOCCACCIO, Giovanni; Richard Aldington (ed.); John Buckland-Wright (ills.)]. The Decameron. London: Folio Society, 2007.

LIMITED EDITION; copy number 1541 of an edition limited to 1750. Leather bound, hardcover, presented in a green solander box, thick quarto (10˝ x 6¼˝), 712 pp. English text, translated by Richard Aldington, set in Poliphilus, printed by St Edmundsbury Press and finely bound in red Nigerian 'Wassa' goatskin by Real Lachenmaier in Germany, gilt and navy blue blocked with an abstract design by Jeff Clements containing motifs of medieval windows and male and female symbols, green morroco spine label, top edge gilt, ribbon marker, supplied with a booklet 'The Happy Art of Narration: Readings of Boccaccio and the Decameron' by selected writers, illustrations throughout by John Buckland-Wright. Condition: FINE. A wonderful tight and clean copy.