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LOT 787:
Boccaccio (Boccaccio) D. Decameron. In two volumes.
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Boccaccio (Boccaccio) D. Decameron. In two volumes.
L. Academia. 1931 XXIX, 595 p., 488 p. Hardcover, 12.5 x 17.5 cm. Good condition, split block, dirty binding.
With a portrait of the author, drawings in the text, screensavers and letters. The title page of the work of the famous book graphic artist Alexey Alekseevich Ushin (1905-1942). The illustrations and portrait reproduce engravings of the earliest editions of Boccaccio.
The Decameron is a classic work of Italian literature. The author skillfully combines in it a subtle, but understandable to almost everyone humor and the realities of life of his time.
Seven ladies and three young men, fleeing from the plague epidemic, retire to a country estate. To pass the time, they tell each other funny and instructive stories for ten days. In total, a hundred short stories were told during this time, each of which is a separate work of fiction, and each is beautiful in itself.
