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Das Decameron

1961
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Das Decameron
  • Author: Written by Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian, Paris 1313–1375 Certaldo, Tuscany)
  • Illustrator: Illustrated by Fritz Richter
  • Publisher: Published by Mosaik Verlag , Hamburg
  • Editor: Edited by Johannes von Guenther
  • Published in: Hamburg
  • Date: 1961
  • Medium: Woodcut
  • Dimensions: Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (21 x 13 x 3.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dr. R. P. Berliner, 1965
  • Object Number: 65.603
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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