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A beautifully illustrated edition of Boccaccio's novel, reprinted from the original English translation of Bartholomew Young (1587). Limited to just 550 copies, of which this is number 33. Limited edition, number 33 of 550 copies; 4to (28.8 x 22 cm); 30 colour plates and decorations by M. Leone, minor age-toning, mild spotting to endpapers; publisher's green dyed paper vellum with yapp edges, gilt device to upper cover, gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt, spine faded, slight spotting and creasing to covers, housed in original card slipcase, worn. …

Vellum. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Number 192 of 550 copies. From the personal library of author Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke, his signature as Tucker Brooke on the front free endpaper. Bound in full green vellum with gilt motif on the front panel and gilt lettering on the spine. Good with discoloring and soiling to the boards and spine. Outward curl to the corners of the yapped boards. Small tear at the foot of the spine. Some soiling to the pastedowns and endpapers. Gilt edges lightly worn. 4to. xlix, 160pp. Reprint from the 1587 English translation by Bartholomew Young.…