The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio (International Collectors Library)

xxiv, 542 pp. Blue-green boards, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt. 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. Includes beautiful two-tone illustrations by Rockwell Kent.