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THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE A.J. KARTER
Lot 197

ASHENDENE PRESS
BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI) Il Libro....Il Decameron...., ONE OF 105 COPIES on Batchelor paper, Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1920

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London, Knightsbridge

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ASHENDENE PRESS

BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI) Il Libro....Il Decameron...., ONE OF 105 COPIES on Batchelor paper, printed in red and black in double column, with initials in blue designed by Graily Hewitt, full crushed morocco gilt, sides with roll-tool and single-rule borders enclosing large central oval of flowers, spine decorated and with title lettering in 7 compartments with raised bands, vellum paste-downs with gilt borders and decorations, gilt gauffered edges, preserved in modern cloth chemise and slipcase [Hornby 29], folio, Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1920

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