Decameron, Decamerone, translated by John Payne

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO Author of the “DECAMERONE, OR HUNDRED TALES” (Commedia Umana) STORIES OF BOCCACCIO (The Decameron) WITH ALL THE POEMS (MANY OF WHICH ARE OMITTED IN OTHER EDITIONS); AND WITH NOTES TO EACH STORY, GIVING VALUABLE HISTORICAL DATA AND SHOWING THE INFLUENCE OF THE DECAMERON ON THE LITERATURE OF EUROPE IN ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES - FORMING, IN MANY INSTANCES, A KEY TO THE PERSONAGES OF THE STORY.