Il Decamerone: Tomo I, II, III, IV  - Four Volume Set

Giovanni Boccaccio

Londra: Tommaso Masi, e Comp. 1789

4 volume set.  Bound in contemporary speckled calf.  Gilt ruled. Spine gilt. Red and green leather spine labels.   Engraved frontispiece portrait of Boccaccio. Marbled bookplate. XXI, 317 p.; 442 p.; 356 p.; 322 p. Forms part of the 'Novellieri italiani' compiled by G.D. Poggiali.  Probably printed in Leghorn by Masi (Parenti, p.124). Brunet I, page 103. ESTC T102336. 

Armorial bookplate of the Duke of Somerset, motto: Foy Pour Devoir, "Faith for Duty."