The Decameron; or, Ten days' entertainment of Boccaccio
Contributors: Balguy, Charles, translator
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Vernor and Hood, Poultry; Longman and Rees
Published: 1804
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: ita
Other titles: Decameron.; Ten days' entertainment of Boccaccio.
Work titles: Decamerone
Notes: "Translated from the Italian in two volumes. The second edition, corrected and improved. To which are prefixed, Remarks on the life and writings of Boccaccio, and an advertisement, by the author of Old Nick, a piece of family biography, &c."

"This translation ... was first printed for R. Dodsley ... and published anonymously in the year 1741." - Editor's advertisement.

Translated by Charles Balguy.

Gift of Roderick Marshall