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The Decameron
THE DECAMERON BY GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO AN ENTERTAINING SERIES OF ONE HUNDRED STORIES IN ONE HUNDRED AND ONE ETCHINGS
100 Tales from Decameron
101 Etchings by Petru Rusu
PETRU IN 13.04.1986 INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING THE 100 DAYS OF DECAMERON
ON H. FLEURY PRINTING PRESS MANUFACTURED IN PARIS IN THE 1880s.
Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid to cut into
the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in
intaglio in the metal creating sunken areas which hold the ink.
