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Decameron / Giovanni Boccaccio ; the John Payne translation, revised and annotated by Charles S. Singleton [complete in two volumes with a 3rd supplementary volume of notes and commentary] by Giovanni (1313-1375) Boccaccio, 1982 The Decameron, Volume II by Giovanni, 1313-1375 Boccaccio, 2004-08-03 Diana’s hunt = Caccia di Diana : Boccaccio’s first fiction / edited and translated by Anthony K. Cassell and Victoria Kirkham by Giovanni (1313-1375) Boccaccio, 1991 Diana’s hunt = Caccia di Diana : Boccaccio’s first fiction / edited and translated by Anthony K. Cassell and Victoria Kirkham - [Uniform Title: Caccia di Diana. English & Italian] by Giovanni (1313-1375) - Related names: Cassell, Anthony K. (Anthony Kimber) (1941-?) & Kirkham, Victoria (joint editors) Boccaccio, 1991 La Fiammetta by Giovanni, 1313-1375 Boccaccio, 2003-11-01 The Decameron or Ten Days Entertainment of Boccaccio (Giovanni, 1313-1375) by Boccaccio, 1905 Thirteen most pleasant and delectable questions of love, entitled A disport of diverse noble personages. Written in Italian by Giovanni Boccaccio in his book Filocolo. First turned into English by H. G. in 1566, now refashioned and illustrated by Giovanni (1313-1375). Carter, Harry (Illus.) Boccaccio, 1974 The early lives of Dante / translated by Philip H. Wicksteed by Giovanni (1313-1375) Boccaccio, 1904 Boccaccio: The Man and His Works by Vittore Branca, 1976-02-01 Approaches to Teaching Boccaccio's Decameron (Approaches to Teaching World Literature) Boccaccio: Decameron (Landmarks of World Literature) by David J. Wallace, 1991-08-30 Chaucer's Boccaccio: Sources for Troilus and the Knight's and Franklin's Tales (Chaucer Studies, No 5) by Giovanni Boccaccio, 1992-03 The World at Play in Boccaccio's Decameron by Giuseppe Mazzotta, 1986-06 BOCCACCIO & FIAMMETTA by Janet Smarr, 1986-08-01

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