A collection of 100 short stories written in early Italian prose by Giovanni Bocaccio. Formatted in the form of a frame story, much like the Canterbury Tales, all of the stories share a setting and time frame (Florence during the era of the Black…
A collection of Scottish poems. Broken into two volumes. Published in Edinburgh by Allan Ramsay. Written for Alexander Donaldson, at Pope’s Head. Contains a glossary of terms and translations from the ancient Scottish language. Bookplate of Thomas…
A comedic novel, the last of the picturesque novels written by Tobias Smollett. Written as a collection of letters. First edition. 3 Vols. 12mo, contemporary full tree calf, later labels. With the erroneous date “MDCLXXI” on the title-page of…