{"product_id":"the-decameron-by-giovanni-boccaccio-translated-by-g-h-mcwilliam-franklin-library-1981","title":"The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by G.H. McWilliam. Franklin Library, 1981","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe Decameron is a collection of 14th Century short stories. The tales are said to be told by a group of seven young women and three young men, taking refuge in an Italian villa outside Florence, in order to avoid the black death. The stories are split into 10 nights of storytelling over a two week period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by G.H. McWilliam. With the Woodcuts of José Narro.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1981\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA near fine copy of this beautifully produced book. With black bonded leather spine, and ornate gilt decoration to grey cloth covered front and rear covers. Spine with raised bands and gilt tooling. With grey marbled endpapers and page ribbon. One small scuff mark to leather near tail of spine on the front.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText is clean and bright, with full shiny gilt page edges. A most handsome volume. The only flaw to the text is that the first and last few leaves have a light ripple line on them, caused by a production flaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully illustrated by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eJosé Narro - these illustrations first appeared in a 1966 deluxe edition of El Decameron, published in Barcelona by Ediciones Nauta, S.A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eText in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Prelims) + 749pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight approximately 1360g (unpacked).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDimensions approximately 240mm high x 170mm x 47mm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56367128117633,"sku":"LAN10435","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/files\/TheDecameronbyGiovanniBoccaccio.TranslatedbyG.H.McWilliam.FranklinLibrary_1981IMG_6795.jpg?v=1791296550","url":"https:\/\/www.lannaantique.com\/products\/the-decameron-by-giovanni-boccaccio-translated-by-g-h-mcwilliam-franklin-library-1981","provider":"Lanna Antique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}