Search Results for: “Giovanni Boccaccio”

Bawdy and moving, hilarious and reflective - these stories offer the very best of Boccaccio's Decameron in a brilliant, playful new translation This hugely enjoyable volume collects the best stories...

Author: John BoccaccioBinding: HardbackPublished: The Heritage Press, 1940Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Decameron is a collection of novellas by Giovanni Boccaccio, written in the 14th century....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in Western literature cast as long a shadow as Giovanni Boccaccio, the fourteenth-century Florentine master whose wit, sensuality, and storytelling genius forever...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWritten in the shadow of the Black Death, Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron is one of the most audacious...

Edition: Seventh Printing Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: The dust jacket shows some fading and age-related wear but remains...

Focusing on major authors and problems from the Italian fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, from Petrarch and Boccaccio to Machiavelli, Ariosto and Tasso, A Local Habitation and a Name examines the...

Written during his exile from Florence in the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy describes the poet's travels through hell, purgatory, and paradise, exploring the state of the human soul...

Author: Colin Bennett (ed.); Illustrations by Andrew SkilleterBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen Australia, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsA cornerstone of world literature, Stories From The Decameron Of Boccaccio presents...

A fascinating description of the beginning of the modern world For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world -...

An exploration of the influence of Italy and Italians on Chaucer's life and writing. Geoffrey Chaucer might be considered the quintessential English writer, but he drew much of his inspiration...

Secondhand Italian Art & Archaeology Bargain Book Box Embark on a magnificent historical and artistic journey with this collection of eighteen specialized volumes dedicated to the art, architecture, and archaeology...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A jewel of the Fontana Pocket Library of Great Art series, this...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew artists in Western history have captured the ethereal beauty of the human form with the luminous grace of Sandro Botticelli, and...

Author: Donald PosnerBinding: HardbackPublished: Phaidon, 1971Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markings This book explores the life and work of Annibale Carracci, a pivotal figure in the reform...

Author: Ronald LightbownBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Elek London, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis monumental two-volume set presents the most comprehensive study of Sandro Botticelli’s life and oeuvre available...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Faded boards; yellowed endpapers - internally sound. Few artists have captured humanity's dreams of the cosmos with the authority and grandeur of...