Schoene Artliche Geschichten [selected stories from the Decameron]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $850

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI

printer

n.p.

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1710

Description

FIRST EDITION with Yiddish translation (printed in Wayber-taytsch type). Prepared from the Dutch by Joseph Maarsan. The Judah A. Joffe copy (Provenance: Kestenbaum, 11.25.97 lot 48). Pencil annotations throughout.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 927; S. Zfatman, Yiddish Narrative Prose: An Annotated Bibliography (1985) no. 85

ff. 36. Ex-library, lightly worn. Later cloth-backed marbled boards. 12mo.

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