THE FACETIOUS NIGHTS OF STRAPAROLA Now First Translated Into English by W. G Waters (4 Volumes)

Straparola Da Caravaggio, Giovanni Francesco.

Published by The Society of Bibliophiles, London, 1898

About this Item

A handsome binding in red morocco with 5 spine bands over red marbled boards. Gilt decoration & lettering. Top edges gilt. Matching marbled endpapers. This is copy "C" of a limited edition of 26 with text printed on Japanese vellum paper. There is a triplicate set of each illustration: Aquarelle, Tint and Japanese Proof. Each illustration is protected by a labeled tissue guard. Vol #1: [xii, 402pp, 10 illus]. Vol #2: [6, 376pp, 6 illus]. Vol 3; [6, 404pp, 10 illus]. Vol # 4: [6, 318pp, 6 illus]. Vol # 1 is VG+ with light rubbing to spine top & corners. Vols #2 - 4 are near fine. Wikipedia: "First published in a single volume in 1555, THE FACETIOUS NIGHTS OF STRAPAROLA is a collection of 75 stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola. Modeled after Boccaccio's Decameron, it is significant as often being called the first European storybook to contain fairy-tales; it would influence later fairy-tale authors like Charles Perrault and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm". Literature. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1500 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE FACETIOUS NIGHTS OF STRAPAROLA Now First Translated Into English by W. G Waters (4 Volumes)
• Publisher: The Society of Bibliophiles, London
• Publication Date: 1898
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Jules Garnier and E. R. Hughes
• Edition: First Edition Thus.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art
  • Fiction/Literature