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Decamerone, printed leaf, page 279-280

In Original leaves from famous books : nine centuries, 1122 A.D - 1923 A.D.

Detailed Description

Title
Decamerone, printed leaf, page 279-280
Creator(s)
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Contributor(s)
Ege, Otto F. (compiler)
Hornby, Charles Harry St. John, 1867-1946 (printer)
Date of Original (Free Text)
1920
Physical Description
17 x 12 in. (410 x 290 mm.); color; double column
Description
A leaf from a printed edition of the Decameron by Boccaccio, published Chelsea : Nella Stamperia Ashendeniana (Ashendene Press), 1920. The leaf is paginated 279-280, encompassing portions of Giornatta Ottava, Novella VIII, frame 34 to Giornatta Ottava, Novella IX, frame 25.
Related item
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone. 1920
Genre
Detached leaves
Excerpts
Publisher
Ashendene Press
Publisher of Digital Record

Union College Schaffer Library Digital Projects

Source
Union College Schaffer Library Special Collections
Contact Information

Union College Schaffer Library Special Collections, 807 Union St., Schenectady, NY 12308; 518-388-6620; https://www.union.edu/schaffer-library

Harmful Language Statement
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Language

Italian

Local subject headings

Plague--Europe--History--Fiction
Storytelling--Fiction