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The Heptameron of Margaret of Angoulême, queen of Navarre. A complete translation into English

Title
The Heptameron of Margaret of Angoulême, queen of Navarre. A complete translation into English, by J.S. Chartres from the authentic French text of Le Roux de Lincy.
Author
Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549.
Publication
Philadelphia : J.P. Horn, 1929.

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Additional Authors
  • Chartres, John, 1862-1927.
  • Le Roux de Lincy, 1806-1869.
  • Jolaisaint.
  • Popini, Alexander.
  • Rosen, David.
Description
2 volumes : color illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
Inspired by Giovanni Bocaccio’s Decameron, the Heptameron is a compilation of 72 tales told in the course of eight days, with 10 tales told on each of the first seven days, and two on the eighth day. 500: “Many of the stories deal with love, lust, infidelity and other romantic and sexual matters. One was based on the life of Marguerite de La Rocque, a French noblewoman abandoned, as punishment, with her lover on an island off Quebec.”—From Wikipedia.
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Note
  • Vol. 1: xlvii, [2], 421, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates ; v.2: xxi, [3], 464, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates.
  • Edition limited to 1550 sets.
  • Illustrated with 6 engraved plates designed by Romanian-born illustrator and sculptor Alexander Popini (1878-1962), and engraved by Jolaisaint, and with one plate, an engraved portrait of Marguerite, by David Rosen, after the Jean Clouet oil painting (ca. 1530).
  • Each volume bound in 3/4 green morocco.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access
Call Number
Berg Coll Marguerite H47 1929
OCLC
2407425
Author
Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549.
Title
The Heptameron of Margaret of Angoulême, queen of Navarre. A complete translation into English, by J.S. Chartres from the authentic French text of Le Roux de Lincy.
Imprint
Philadelphia : J.P. Horn, 1929.
Edition
The Angoulême edition.
Local Note
Berg Collection set with the 7 plates hand-colored (by Rosen?).
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Added Author
Chartres, John, 1862-1927. Translator
Le Roux de Lincy, 1806-1869. Editor
Jolaisaint. Engineer
Popini, Alexander. Illustrator
Rosen, David. Engineer
Research Call Number
Berg Coll Marguerite H47 1929
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