So I entered the antiquarian bookstore with no high hopes because I had been looking for Basile's Pentamerone everywhere. I had called all the local antiquarians and had been suggested the Decameron or even the Heptaméron because nobody had heard of it, even doubts were uttered that such a book could exist. So I entered and neraly apologizing for my request, I started with the assumption that the two antiquarians present wouldn't have heard of the book. But as soon as I mentioned the name they knowingly smiled at each other: "We have two copies, one with a slipcase and the other one missing it."
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