The Decameron by Boccaccio 1911

The Decameron by M. Giovanni Boccaccio. In Four Volumes. London: Gibbins & Co., Limited, 1911.

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Size: 116 x 177 mm (approx.)

Condition: 

[half title, frontis, t.p., iii-xxxii, 250pp.]; [half title, frontis, t.p., iii-ix, 342pp.]; [half title, frontis, t.p., iii-x, 356pp.]; [half title, frontis, t.p., iii-ix, 347pp.]

Half navy and brown calf with gilt titles between raised bands in compartments, other compartments with decorative gilt. Bindings with very minor rubbing, more so to extremities, and spined sunned. All boards attached. Shelf and edge wear. Top page edges gilt with some scratches. Page edges lightly toned. No attached bookplates. Text block very clean with light toning and occasional foxing. Edge toning to endpapers as commensurate with the leather bindings.