[GRAVELOT].

Il Decamerone di M. Giovanni Boccaccio.

London (i.e., Paris Prault) 1757 Five octavo volumes. (2) ff., xii, 292 pp. + (22) ff.; (1) f., 271pp. + (22) ff.; (1) ff., 195 pp. + (22) ff.; (1) f., 261 pp. + (22) ff.; (1) f., 247 pp. + (22) ff. Listed by Gordon Ray as one of the 100 outstanding French illustrated books, this beautiful set contains 89 plates and 97 tailpieces designed by "Gravelot" (Hubert-Francois Bourguignon), six plates designed by Boucher, ten by Eisen, and six by Cochin, as well as 111 headpieces. Copies like this one, with the text printed in Italian, have earlier and better impressions of the plates. A stunning set, bound in contemporary red morocco, gilt, with triple rules and gilt inner dentelles. Spines in seven compartments with rococo flower-and-leaf tools and paired lettering pieces. A.e.g. Very light edgewear, one hinge with short crack, gilt rubbed from portion of dentelles on one volume, one spine with small chip to top, few small expert repairs to leather, hardly noticeable. All in all a very nice copy of one of the major illustrated books of the eighteenth century. (Ray, French 15, and list of 100 outstanding).

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