Ten tales from the Decameron. Illustrated by Edmondo Lucchesi.

4to.

Publ. half black cloth, gilt-ornamented red paper on covers, label on front cover, flat spine (sl. rubbed on the edges). In decorated overl. wrapper by [Nicole Diercxsens-Beeckmans] and slipcase.

Rare edition nicely illustrated with 28 linocuts by Lucchesi: a front., 11 full-page ill., 10 headpieces, 5 tailpieces and one title-vignette. The text is based on the anonymous transl. of 1741 revised by S.W. Orson in 1896. Limited issue to 512 copies, 1/500 on Old York Parchment paper (n. 12).
Ref. Not in Ransom, Tomkinson.