Vol. 1:
Front cover and title page: LES CONTES | DE BOCCACE | ☙ DECAMERON ❧ | TRADUIT DE L'ITALIEN | PAR | ANTOINE LE MAÇON | LES CINQ | PREMIÈRES JOURNÉES | ILLUSTRATIONS DE | BRUNELLESCHI | {vignette} | GIBERT JEUNE | LIBRAIRIE D'AMATEURS | 61, BOULEVARD SAINT-MICHEL, 61 | PARIS ||
Pagination: [6] 1-342 [343-4] [10], 16 colour plates and 70 b/w head- and tailpieces after Umberto Brunelleschi.
Vol. 2:
Front cover and title page: LES CONTES | DE BOCCACE | ☙ DECAMERON ❧ | TRADUIT DE L'ITALIEN | PAR | ANTOINE LE MAÇON | LES CINQ | DERNIÈRES JOURNÉES | ILLUSTRATIONS DE | BRUNELLESCHI | {vignette} | GIBERT JEUNE | LIBRAIRIE D'AMATEURS | 61, BOULEVARD SAINT-MICHEL, 61 | PARIS ||
Pagination: [6] 1-281 [282] [10], 16 colour plates and 68 b/w head- and tailpieces after Umberto Brunelleschi.
Edition: Limited to 2,500 copies, of which this is № 1. Edition supplemented with two full extra sets of plates, 32 in black and white, and 32 in colour. Printed on June 25, 1934.
Binding: 26.5 x 20.5 cm; cream flapped wrappers (French softcover) with green and black lettering and vignettes to front cover and spine, publisher’s device on the back; uncut copy.
Paper: Vélin de Navarre (wove paper), size: 260 x 200 mm.
Contributors:
Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian, 1313 – 1375) – author.
Antoine Le Maçon (French, c. 1500 – 1559) – translator.
Umberto Brunelleschi (Italian, 1879 – 1949) – artist.
Malexis, Louis (French, 20 century) – mise en page.
Coulouma, Robert (French, 1887 – 1976), Imprimerie Coulouma (Argenteuil) – printer, H. Barthélemy – director.
Dantan, A. – engraver (probably from the family of Edouard Joseph Dantan (French, 1848 – 1897)
Charpentier, E. – colour au pochoir.
Compare this copy with a small one-volume reprint of 1941: [LIB-2773.2021].
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Media/Technique | Stencil |
| Binding | Original , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Material | Paper |
| Subject | Allegory , Art , Fiction , Italian literature , Love , Plague , Prose , Renaissance |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1934 |
| Creation / Publishing date | 15-JUN-1934 |
| Acquisition year | 2021 |
