BOCCACCIO, Giovanni

THE DECAMERON

New York: Limited Editions Club, (1940). Fritz Kredel. Hardcover. Two large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") volumes bound in half black calf and decorated linen boards. The first English translation of 1620, plus two tales there omitted. Copy #452 of only 530 copies, one of the scarcest publications of the press, illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Item #019470

Price: $350.00