Notes on Boccaccio's The Decameron

Notes on Boccaccio's The Decameron

Modern Library published two distinct editions of The Decameron in two tanslations and with different introductions, the first in 1931 and the second in 1955.

First copyright page text:     First Modern Library Edition (1931)
                                                First Modern Library Edition, 1955

First binding style:     6 (1931)
                                     8 (1955)

First inverse DJ number:      190 (1931)
                                                 371 [perhaps 372] (1955)

Dates in print:     1931 - 1955 (Payne intro)
                             1955 - 1970 (Winwar intro)

Toledano number:   071.3 (Payne intro)
                                   071.4 (Winwar intro)

GT42

Confirmed buckram sighting?      yes

Intro author:     Ernst (1931)
                            Francis Winwar (1955)

Genre:     Short Stories

Curriculum:     Medieval World

Original language:      Italian

Translators:     Payne (1931)
                          Francis Winwar (1955)

Thanks to:
Henry Toledano

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