Lot 207
Shakespeare Head Press.- Boccaccio (Giovanni) 2 vol., one of 325 on handmade paper, original full blue morocco, Oxford, 1934-35
Estimate: £500 - 700
Description
Shakespeare Head Press.- Boccaccio (Giovanni) Decameron, The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence and Conversation, 2 vol., number 153 of 325 copies on handmade paper, printed in blue and black, wood-engraved title-borders and illustrations after the Venetian edition of 1492, decorative initials in blue, neat ink inscription to Dennis Parsons to front free endpaper of vol.1 and with his book-label, original full blue morocco, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut, slight rubbing and fading to spines, 4to, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1934-35.
⁂ One of a small number bound in full rather than the more common half morocco.
Description
Shakespeare Head Press.- Boccaccio (Giovanni) Decameron, The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence and Conversation, 2 vol., number 153 of 325 copies on handmade paper, printed in blue and black, wood-engraved title-borders and illustrations after the Venetian edition of 1492, decorative initials in blue, neat ink inscription to Dennis Parsons to front free endpaper of vol.1 and with his book-label, original full blue morocco, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut, slight rubbing and fading to spines, 4to, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1934-35.
⁂ One of a small number bound in full rather than the more common half morocco.
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