The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
Hardcover | USA | Translated by Richard Aldington | Illustrated by Rockwell Kent | Publisher: Garden City Books, New York | 1949
A magnificent and rare vintage illustrated edition of one of the greatest works of world literature. Written in the aftermath of the Black Death, Boccaccio's Decameron — one hundred tales told by ten young Florentines sheltering from the plague — is a masterpiece of the medieval literary imagination: bawdy, profound, compassionate, and endlessly entertaining. This 1949 Garden City Books edition is particularly prized for its 32 colour plates by Rockwell Kent, one of America's most celebrated twentieth-century illustrators, whose bold, woodcut-inspired style gives the medieval stories a timeless graphic power. The translation by Richard Aldington is complete and unexpurgated.
Condition: Book and binding in good condition with signs of previous ownership. Spine solid with some creasing. Dust cover present with wear due to age and past use.
A striking and collectable vintage illustrated edition of a world literary classic, now over 75 years old.
