The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, in Two Volumes: The First Five Days; The Last Five Days [Second] (The Folio Society)

New York: The Folio Society, 1954. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Buckland-Wright, [John]. First thus (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #74 and #76). Both volumes include original jackets. Light stain to jacket spine base of first volume, jackets lightly rubbed and toned, jackets, top edges, and endpapers lightly foxed. 1954 Hard Cover. 393, [1]; 323, [1] pp. Translated by Richard Aldington, with 20 aquatints by John Buckland-Wright. Boccaccio's 14th century collection of 100 stories, controversial at the time for its inclusion of erotic themes, and important today for the details it provides about life in Italy at the time. (Inventory #: 2347278)