{"product_id":"the-decameron-boccaccio-folio-society-2007-limited-ed-1698-like-new","title":"The Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio Folio Society 2007 Limited 2v Leather Like New","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. (2v.). TEXT VOLUME: Translated by Richard Aldington. 20 aquatints by Buckland-Wright. Ribbon page marker. Gilded top page edge. Bound in red Wassa goatskin leather blocked in gold and black with a design by Jeff Clements. 710pp. BOOKLET: The Happy Art of Narration. Short excerpts from John Dryden, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt, Percy Bysshe Shelley and James Leigh Hunt. Bound in green paper. 8pp. 24.5x15.6cm. 1750 copies. SOLANDER BOX: Dark green cloth box with gilt title on spine. 28.3x19.3x7.8cm. (£135)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron is one of the great masterpieces of medieval European literature. Set during the Black Death of 1348, the work follows ten young Florentines who leave plague-stricken Florence for the countryside, where they agree to entertain one another by telling stories over a period of ten days. The resulting one hundred tales range from comic and romantic episodes to stories of deception, fortune, generosity, desire and human weakness. Boccaccio's lively characters come from every level of medieval society, creating an extraordinarily rich portrait of human behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54985931817299,"sku":"2026_07_27_21682","price":255.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1085\/2951\/6883\/files\/10_67cc4715-5ac8-41f5-b0dc-a3d8608717cc.jpg?v=1789763762","url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/the-decameron-boccaccio-folio-society-2007-limited-ed-1698-like-new","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}