The Heptameron of the tales of Margaret, queen of Navarre. / translated into English from the authentic text of M. Le Roux de Li
Loondon,:The Society of English Bibliophilists. Size 6 x 91/2ins. 1894.
Stock Status:
In Stock
Description
Pp cxxxvii 124, 225, 216, 244, 263 + 73 full-page engravings designed by S. Freudenberg + 150 head and tail pieces by Dunker Many.pages unopened, as new. Original cloth gilt. vg. The 72 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 who was punished by being abandoned with her lover on an island off Quebec.
Technical Data
| Author | George Saintsbury. 5 Volumes. Limited edition to 312 copies this copy No 41. |
| Reference Number | 7475 |