Giovanni Boccaccio; The Decameron. The Franklin Library 1981

Giovanni Boccaccio; The Decameron. The Franklin Library 1981.Book is in excellent condition, like new, seems not read, 1/4 leather bound/hardcover with gilt decor, pages that are thread sewn, not glued together, also has ribbon bookmark, printed on acid-free archival paper, the Dryden translation with illustrations from an English edition of 1676., this book comes from an inherited book collection Franklin Library, these books make wonderful gifts, worthy of any collection.Franklin Library Books stopped printing these in 2000, they are no longer in print. These are beautiful books and make unique great gifts and bound to increase in value.The Decameron. Of Giovanni BoccaccioIt was probably in the years 1348–53 that Boccaccio composed the Decameron in the form in which it is read today. In the broad sweep of its range and its alternately tragic and comic views of life, it is rightly regarded as his masterpiece. Stylistically, it is the most perfect example of Italian classical prose, and its influence on Renaissance literature throughout Europe was enormous.The Decameron, subtitled Prince Galehaut (Old Italian: Prencipe Galeotto [ˈprentʃipe ɡaleˈɔtto, ˈprɛn-]) and sometimes nicknamed l'Umana commedia ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's Comedy "Divine"), is 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; they shelter in a secluded villa just outside Florence in order to escape the plague.