[BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375)]. The Decameron, or Ten Days Entertainment of Boccace. Translated from the Italian. London: R. Dodsley, 1741. 8vo. viii, 592, [8, ads] pp. Engraved frontisportrait. Contemporary full calf, rebacked to style in modern brown calf, gilt. FIRST EDITION OF THIS ENGLISH TRANSLATION.
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Boards worn, scuffed, endleaves offset, text and endleaves toned, some occasional minor soiling, foxing, location label from the library of Kimbolton Castle on fp. Very good.
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"The only good translation in English..." (Sidney Oldall Addy, writing in the DNB). The anonymous translator has been identified as Charles Balguy (1708-1767), a physician from Derbyshire, who had written several medical treatises. See Strauss, Robert Dodsley, p. 322.