Stories from the Decameron (The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers)

644 pp. Original navy blue leather, gilt titles, rules, decorations, & page ridges, silk moire endpapers, grey ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations by Ann Grifalconi. Selections from 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.