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The Heptameron, Volume I

The Heptameron, Volume I

by King of Navarre consort of Henry II Queen Marguerite

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Author
Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549
Title
The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 1 (of 5)
Original Publication
London : The Society of English Bibliophilists, 1894
Credits
Produced by David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject
Tales -- France -- Translations into English
Category
Text
eBook-No.
17701
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17701
Release Date
February 7, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE TALES OF THE HEPTAMERON OF Margaret, Queen of Navarre — Newly Translated into English from the Authentic Text OF M. LE ROUX DE LINCY WITH AN ESSAY UPON THE HEPTAMERON BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A. Also the Original Seventy-three Full Page Engravings Designed by S. FREUDENBERG And One Hundred and Fifty Head and Tail Pieces By DUNKER IN FIVE VOLUMES
  2. 2.VOLUME THE FIRST — LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILISTS MDCCCXCIV — [Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris]
  3. 3.List of Illustrations
  4. 4.TALE CONTENTS
  5. 5.PREFACE.
  6. 6.Explanation of the Initials appended to the Notes .
  7. 7.MARGARET OF ANGOULÊME, QUEEN OF NAVARRE.
  8. 8.I.
  9. 9.II.
  10. 10.III.
  11. 11.IV.
  12. 12.ON THE HEPTAMERON,
  13. 13.DEDICATIONS AND PREFACE , — PREFIXED TO THE FIRST TWO EDITIONS OF THE TALES OF THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE.
  14. 14.Peter Boaistuau, surnamed Launay, To the Reader.(1)
  15. 15.To the most Illustrious and Virtuous Princess , Madame Jane de Foix,
  16. 16.THE HEPTAMERON. — [Prologue: The Story-tellers in the Meadow near The Gave.]
  17. 17.PROLOGUE. — [Du Mesnil learns his Mistress’s Infidelity from her Maid]
  18. 18.FIRST DAY.
  19. 19.TALE I . — [The Muleteer’s Servant attacking his Mistress]
  20. 20.TALE II. — [The King Joking upon the Stag’s Head being A fitting Decoration]
  21. 21.TALE III. — [The Princess’s Lady of Honour hurrying to her Mistress’s Assistance]
  22. 22.TALE IV . — [The Boatwoman of Coulon outwitting the Friars]
  23. 23.TALE V. — [The Wife’s Ruse to secure the Escape of her Lover]
  24. 24.TALE VI . — [The Merchant transferring his Caresses from the Daughter to the Mother]
  25. 25.TALE VII .
  26. 26.APPENDIX.
  27. 27.A. (Prologue, Page 31.)
  28. 28.B. (Tale I., Page 50.)
  29. 29.C. (Tale IV., Page 85.)

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