Aldus Classics. Edition de Grand Luxe: Boccaccio, la Fontaine, Marguerite Queen of Navarre, Masuccio, Rabelais, Rousseau [12 Volumes]

Boccaccio, la Fontaine, Marguerite Queen of Navarre, Masuccio, Rabelais, Rousseau

Privately printed for members of the Aldus Society, 1903

[Fine bindings] Edition de Grand Luxe, no. 76. 12 volume complete set. Bound in 3/4 red morocco, over marbled boards. Gilt stamped spines. Top edges gilt. Hardcover.  Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Spine cap of one of the volumes is darkened.  Some minor rubbing, but generally a very handsome set.  Clean, unmarked pages. Frontispiece illustrations, with tissue guard. Contents: The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci (Il Boccaccio) : Now First Completely Done into English Prose and Verse by John Payne (2 vols.) - The Tales and Novel of J. De La Fontaine : Completely Translated into English (2 vols.) - The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret Queen of Navarre : Newly Translated from the Authentic Text, with an Essay upon the Heptameron by George Saintsbury, M.A. (2 vols.) - The Novellino of Masuccio : Now First Translated into English by W.G. Waters (2 vols.) - Master Francis Rabelais : Completely Translated into English by Urquhart and Motteux (2 vols.) - The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau : Now First Completely Translated into English (2 vols.).