Ten tales from the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
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Type of record: Book
Title: Ten tales from the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
Classmark: Large Printing Collection/MAN
Creator(s): Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375)
Additional creator(s): Lucchesi, Edmondo (Other); Mandrake Press (Other)
Related people: Lucchesi, Edmondo
Publisher: Privately printed [for the Mandrake Press]
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1930
Language: English
Size and medium: 88, [1] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/301957
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991004507369705181
Description
"The text of these tales is based on the anonymous translation of 1741, which was revised by S.W. Orson in 1896... The edition is limited to twelve copies on Japanese vellum ... and 500 copies on Old York Parchment paper, numbered 13 to 512 ... [etc.]".
Additional description
No. 160 of the limited edition
Access and usage
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