Boccaccio, Giovanni 1313-1375

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
1,139 editions published between 1429 and 2013 in 16 languages and held by 10,952 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set against the backdrop of the fourteenth-century Black Death, an anthology of one hundred interlinked tales presents a variety of works recounted by the citizens of Florence--nobles, knights, abbots, nuns, doctors, philosophers, students, peasants, pilgrims, thieves, and others--who have fled the city to escape the plague

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
123 editions published between 1893 and 2010 in English and Italian and held by 2,924 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Il decamerone by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
353 editions published between 1380 and 2010 in 11 languages and held by 1,188 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Uit Florence gevlucht wegens een pestepidemie besluiten tien jongelieden elkaar als afleiding honderd verhalen te vertellen, waar een groot aantal menselijke typen in voorkomt

The decameron : a new translation : 21 novelle, contemporary reactions, modern criticism by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
3 editions published in 1977 in English and held by 1,009 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A new translation of the fourteenth-century tales recounted by young citizens of Florence who have fled the city to escape the plague

Famous women by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
11 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 1,003 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Famous Women, which Boccaccio continued to revise and expand until the end of his life, became one of the most popular works in the last age of the manuscript book, and had a signal influence on many literary works, including Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Castiglione's Courtier. This edition presents the first English translation based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin."--BOOK JACKET

The corbaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
49 editions published between 1487 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 942 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ms. copy of Boccaccio's "Il Corbaccio."

Concerning famous women by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
11 editions published between 1963 and 1987 in English and held by 881 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Short biographical sketches of 104 women of mythology, history and fantasy, written over 600 years ago, now translated into English

The elegy of Lady Fiammetta by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
35 editions published between 1892 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 871 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Vita di Dante e difesa della poesia by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
129 editions published between 1544 and 2004 in 10 languages and held by 851 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ce texte, dont la rédaction se situe entre 1351 et 1355, constitue la première biographie de l'auteur de la Divine comédie. Cette traduction éditée par Alphonse Lemerre en 1877, est la seule existante à ce jour

Das Dekameron by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
307 editions published between 1841 and 2013 in 21 languages and held by 768 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rámcová skladba obsahuje cyklus 100 rozmanitých novel, z nichž každá je samostatným uměleckým dílem. Vážné, veselé i až rozpustilé příběhy ze života různých stavů přerůstají mnohde v ostrou satiru vysmívající se mravní zkaženosti doby a jejích hlavních představitelů - duchovních, šlechticů i měšťanstva