BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375). Le Decameron, translated by Antoine de Macon. London [but Paris]: 1757-61. 5 vols, 8° (196 x 122 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait and 110 plates including titles, 97 engraved culs-de-lampe, most after Gravelot. (Occasional minor spotting and light browning.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, red morocco labels, gilt edges, silk markers (minor rubbing).

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375). Le Decameron, translated by Antoine de Macon. London [but Paris]: 1757-61. 5 vols, 8° (196 x 122 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait and 110 plates including titles, 97 engraved culs-de-lampe, most after Gravelot. (Occasional minor spotting and light browning.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, red morocco labels, gilt edges, silk markers (minor rubbing).

FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of 'one of the most successful illustrated books of the eighteenth century' (Cohen-de Ricci). An excellent set with fine plates after Gravelot, Eisen, Cochin and Boucher. Issued simultaneously in Italian, this French translation is described by Cohen-de Ricci as 'more sought-after, and often more expensive'. Cohen-de Ricci 160-1; Ray 39-41. (5)