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Le Decameron de Jean Bocace (The Decameron), vol. 3

1757–61
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Le Decameron de Jean Bocace (The Decameron), vol. 3
  • Author: Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian, Paris 1313–1375 Certaldo, Tuscany)
  • Translator: Philippe-Matthieu Villani
  • Designer: Hubert François Gravelot (French, Paris 1699–1773 Paris)
  • Designer: François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris)
  • Designer: Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels)
  • Date: 1757–61
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving
  • Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/16 x 5 13/16 x 1 7/16 in. (21.5 x 14.7 x 3.7 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.2641(34)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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