[Rarebooks] FS: Finely bound 5 vol. set of the Heptameron of the Queen of Navarre.

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(SETS) Marguerite, Queen Consort of Henry II, King of Navarre. THE HEPTAMERON OF THE TALES 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. 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. London: Printed for the Society of English Bibliophilists. 1894. 8vo. 5 vols. Titles printed in red & back. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in 1/2 calf, gilt, over marbled boards. T.e.g.	$300.00 (trade discount allowed)
A collection of 72 rather erotic stories, in the style of the Decameron, written in French by Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and first published in 1558. The engravings in this set were originally done for the Berne edition by prominent French artists of the 18th century.


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