Boccace's tales, or, The quintessence of wit, mirth, eloquence, and conversation : framed in ten days, of an hundred curious pieces, by seven honorable ladies, and three noble gentlemen
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Type of record: Book
Title: Boccace's tales, or, The quintessence of wit, mirth, eloquence, and conversation : framed in ten days, of an hundred curious pieces, by seven honorable ladies, and three noble gentlemen
Other titles: Decamerone; The quintessence of wit, mirth, eloquence, and conversation; The modell of wit, mirth, eloquence, and conversation
Classmark: BC Lt d/BOC
Creator(s): Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375)
Publisher: Printed by E. Cotes, and are to be sold by Joseph Cranford
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1657
Language: English
Size and medium: [842] p. in various pagings
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/268034
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991017601349705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
Added t.p.: The modell of wit, mirth, eloquence, and conversation. The fourth edition. London : Printed by E. Cotes..., 1657. This is in fact a part-title for the first five days, as a further part-title occurs as leaf V7 for the last five days, reading: The Decameron, containing an hundred very pleasant novels ... the last five dayes. London : Printed by E. Cotes, 1655.
Pagination extremely irregular, part paged, part foliated.
Indexed in: Wing B3379; Grolier W-P251.
Additional description
With bookplate of Graham Pollard. Several pages poorly printed at foot, especially 2F1r (96r of pt. 2), illegible
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