The Decameron

Translated into English prose and verse by John Payne, author of The Masque of Shadows, translator of Francis Villon from the French and The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night from the Arabic. Printed by private subscription and for private circulation only. Quarter calf over marbled paper. Gilt top edge; other sides of text block deckled. Sewn bindings. Rubbing to edges of leather. Frontispiece portrait of Boccace (Baccaccio in French) Uncommon as a privately bound, complete single volume. Clean text block. Quarter calf over marlbed paper. Rubbing at all edges. Gilt title intact. vi, 617 pages.