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Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Imortal Decameron, 5 vol., letter G of 26 copies "Pampinea Edition" signed by the publisher and with original drawings, from an edition limited to ?166, etched portrait and 3 plates by Josef Pierre Nuyttens, with 7 full-page original pen and ink drawings within plate-mark by Nuyttens, and several pen & ink and watercolour sketches on limitation leaves, margins etc. and 11 hand-illuminated initials in gold, silver and colours by C.B.Randall, tissue guards, original pigskin, gilt-edged initials "GB" onlaid in brown morocco in centre of covers, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, some scratches, corners worn, rebacked, folio, New Castle, Penn., C.B.Randall, 1916.

Lot 18

Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Imortal Decameron, 5 vol., one of 26 copies with original drawings, etchings by J.P.Nuyttens, New Castle,Penn., C.B.Randall, 1916.  

Estimate: £600 - 800

Description

Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Imortal Decameron, 5 vol., letter G of 26 copies "Pampinea Edition" signed by the publisher and with original drawings, from an edition limited to ?166, etched portrait and 3 plates by Josef Pierre Nuyttens, with 7 full-page original pen and ink drawings within plate-mark by Nuyttens, and several pen & ink and watercolour sketches on limitation leaves, margins etc. and 11 hand-illuminated initials in gold, silver and colours by C.B.Randall, tissue guards, original pigskin, gilt-edged initials "GB" onlaid in brown morocco in centre of covers, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, some scratches, corners worn, rebacked, folio, New Castle, Penn., C.B.Randall, 1916.

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