Contes de Bocace. by LYDIS, Mariette, illustrator. Giovanni BOCCACCIO.

3 vols, large 8vo (240 × 180 mm), pp. 217, [1]; 198, [2]; 185, [3], plus 56 coloured plates (42 bound in, 14 ‘planches libres’ separate and loose in portfolio). Original wrappers preserved in contemporary blue morocco, gilt, with monograms ‘BR’ and marbled paper covered slip cases, quarter morocco portfolio with matching paper (ties frayed). A handsome copy.

First edition with Lydis’s illustrations, complete with the 14 additional erotic plates to complement the 42 plates bound in (some of which are equally ‘libres’). Number 209 of 900 copies on Arches (after 56 Japon copies each with an additional drawing), total edition 956..