FRANCE Anatole (1844-1924). autograph manuscript, "Here begins the first day of the Decameron"...; 6 pages in-fol. mounted on tabs and bound in one vol. in-fol. half red morocco with corners (Stroobants). Translation of the first pages of BOCCACE's Decameron, whose influence is evident in the Poèmes dorés and Le Puits de Sainte-Claire. Numerous erasures and corrections on this early work. Let us quote the beginning: "The more thinking in myself, very gracious Ladies, I figure how naturally full of pity you are, the more I discover that the present Work, in your opinion, will have a sad and painful beginning, because of the painful recollection of this death by the plague whose image is universally desolating" Provenance : Max-Philippe DELATTE library (ex-libris ; 14-15 November 1989, n° 5).