1679 DECAMERON by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO 2 VOLUMES antique

img{max-width:100%}  Boccaccio, Giovanni.Il Decameron di Messer Giovanni Boccacci, Cittadino Fiorentino . Si come lo, diedero alle stampe gli SSri Giunti l ` Anno 1527. Parte 2 volumesAmsterdam, no publisher (Elzevier), 1679Size : 3 by 6" 544 and 416 pagesOriginal calf, some wear, chips to the spinesVery good interiorText in Italian.=========================================Very nice 17th century Italian edition of The Decameron  - a collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375). The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city. Boccaccio probably conceived of The Decameron after the epidemic of 1348, and completed it by 1353. The various tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Tales of wit, practical jokes, and life lessons contribute to t