Bidspirit auction | Boccaccio, Giovanni

Boccaccio, Giovanni - Boccaccio, Giovanni - The Decameron, 1757. London, [IE Paris] [Prault], 1757. In 8°, 195 x 120 mm. 5 volumes. Engraved frontispiece with portrait of the author, 5 engraved frontispieces, headpieces, 116 beautiful plates illustrating the entire text, A BEAUTIFUL COPY, IN AMATEUR BINDING in long-grain green morocco signed Gozzi di Modena, with a triple fillet frame on the covers and spines divided into compartments and decorated in gold, refined dentils and doublure. Ex libris printed by Sir John C. Hobhouse and his note of ownership.