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This fiery Baroque-inspired cover comes from a 1725 binding of <I>The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio,<I> a masterpiece of Italian literature.<\#13><\e><\e>Giovanni Boccaccio (1313¿1375) was an Italian writer and poet who helped lay the foundations of Renaissance humanism. His defining work, <I>The Decameron,<I> is a collection of novellas, each narrated by one of ten main characters who find shelter from the Black Death in a secluded villa just outside Florence in 1348. With its scope from humour to tragedy and its vivid narrative structure, <I>The Decameron<I> remains an affirmation of humanity and moral values even when read today.