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Il Decameron
Il Decameron
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 13...
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Title
Il Decameron
Creator
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Summary
[Manuscript from unknown calligrapher of Boccaccio's Decameron with chapter titles and initials left incomplete and presumably unpainted., Bound in cream-colored leather. Dark red label with gold-tooled titling across spine along with gilt-tooled accent lines along raised bindings. Slipcase covered in white and green paper with hand-painted black and white dotted pattern. Includes facsimile and 1969 letter from Bruce Barker-Benfield, Bodleian Libary, Oxford, requesting information from Paul Standard regarding manuscript in addition to another hand-written half-sheet in Italian.]
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