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BOCCACCIO.
The Decameron.
London, 1757–1761.
Fees include commission and taxes.
The Decameron.
London, 1757–1761.
5 volumes in-8. Contemporary red long-grain morocco, smooth decorated spine, gilt title and volume number, gilt star-motif fillet and ironwork on the covers, gilt roulettes on the edges and fillets, gilt edges (corners slightly rubbed, stains on the upper cover of volume IV, minor foxing, a few leaves uniformly browned).
Brunet, I, 1007. Cohen, 160.
A fine copy with wide margins on Dutch laid paper, in its contemporary morocco binding.
An illustrated edition featuring a portrait of the author engraved by Lempereur after Gravelot in Volume I, an engraved title page and 22 plates in each volume.
That is to say, 110 copper engravings in black after compositions by Boucher, Cochin, Eisen and Gravelot by Aliamet, Baquoy, Flipart, Le Grand, Le Mire, Le Veau, Martenisie, Moitte, Ouvrier, Pasquier, Pibre, Sornique and Tardieu.
“one of the most successful illustrated books of the entire 18th century” (Cohen).
A copy enriched with 17 very free, unsigned copper engravings, bound with the volume.
Numerous copper-engraved tailpieces in the text.
Volume I. (3) ff. frontispiece, engraved title page, engraved title page of Vol. 1, VIII–320 pp., 25 plates – Volume II. Engraved title page, 292 pp., 27 plates – Volume III. Engraved title page, 203 pp., 25 plates – Volume IV. Engraved title page, 280 pp., 26 plates – Volume V. Engraved title page, 269 pp., 24 plates.