The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
By: tr. by Richard Aldington, illustrations by Jean de Bosschère.
Contributors: Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962.; Boschère, Jean de, 1878-1953.
Publisher: Garden City publishing company
Published: 1930
Place of publication: Garden City, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 576
Description: Fourteenth-century Italian book written in the wake of the Black Death. The short stories are told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women who are seeking to escape the ravages of the plague.