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MIRABEAU, Nouvelles de Jean Boccace, 1802
MIRABEAU, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti.
Nouvelles de Jean Boccace.
Paris, L. Duprat, 1802.
Four parts in Two 8vo (197x123 mm), (8)-xx-304-(2)-(4)-273-(2) and 4 plates / (4)-243-(2)-(4)-293-(2) pages and 4 plates.?. binding : Contemporary full sheep, gilt flat spine. Binding slightly rubbed, caps bumped.
First edition of this free translation of Boccaccio's Decameron .
The title page mentions Mirabeau but this translation is probably apocryphal.
The book highlights the borrowings that La Fontaine made from Boccaccio for his tales.
Price : 150 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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