Shelfmark
Lt.2.02
Author
Uniform title
[Decamerone]
Title
Il libro di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio cittadino Fiorentino chiamato il Decameron cognominato Prencipe Galeotto nel quale si contengono cento novelle in dieci di dette da sette donne e da tre giovani uomini.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Chelsea : Nella Stamperia Ashendeniana, Shelley House, Chelsea, MDCCCCXX [1920]
Physical description
xii, 360 p. ; 41 cm.
Note
Printed by St John Hornby.
Note
Watermarked paper with deckled edges and vertical chain lines.
Note
Publisher's natural cloth quarter-binding with blue paper covered boards and printed paper label on spine.
Note
Loose Ashendene Press ephemera, being an advertisement for this book.
Note
Loose page from a periodical featuring a review of this book.
Note
ECL copy: One of 105 printed on paper.
Provenance
Booklabel of Eton College Library with ms. previous shelfmarks and inscription: "Presented by Dr. P. Toynbee F.B.A." ; bookplate of Paget Toynbee.
Provenance
Loose ms. postcard (dated 1921-02-03) to P. Toynbee from St John Hornby, about the text used in this book ; loose ms. receipt for this book in St John Hornby's hand, inside original envelope addressed to P. Toynbee.
Added entry--name
Toynbee, Paget Jackson, 1855 - 1932 former owner.
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oxford
Added entry--place
England Chelsea.
Identifier
B26629