1922 2vol The Heptameron Queen Of Navarre Antique French Literature Books

1922 2vol The Heptameron Queen Of Navarre Antique French Literature BooksThe Heptameron Of The Tales Of Margaret, Queen Of NavarreTranslated Into English From The Authentic Text Of M. Le Roux De LincyWith An Essay Upon The Heptameron by George SaintsburyPrivately Printed For The Navarre Society Limited 1922Includes Volumes 1 & 4 Only Of A 5 Volume Set "The Heptaméron is a collection of 72 short stories written in French by Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549), published posthumously in 1558. It has the form of a frame narrative and was inspired by The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio.[1] It was originally intended to contain one hundred stories covering ten days like The Decameron, but at Marguerite's death it was completed only as far as the second story of the eighth day. 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 who was punished by being abandoned with her lover on an island off Quebec. In 1973, the French director Claude Pierson (1930-1997) made an adaptation of this work, entitled Ah! Si mon moine voulait…, with Alice Arno in the cast."Light wear and fading to covers with heavier sun fading to the spines as shown. Pages are clean, there are no inscriptions and the binding is excellent with no loose pages. Includes only 2 volumes of a 5 volume set however they are in good to very good condition and are valuable in their own right. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request.Size 22.5m x 15cm x 3.5cm (x 2 books)

The Heptameron Of The Tales Of Margaret, Queen Of Navarre

Translated Into English From The Authentic Text Of M. Le Roux De Lincy

With An Essay Upon The Heptameron by George Saintsbury

Privately Printed For The Navarre Society Limited 1922

Includes Volumes 1 & 4 Only Of A 5 Volume Set

"The Heptaméron is a collection of 72 short stories written in French by Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549), published posthumously in 1558. It has the form of a frame narrative and was inspired by The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio.[1] It was originally intended to contain one hundred stories covering ten days like The Decameron, but at Marguerite's death it was completed only as far as the second story of the eighth day. 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 who was punished by being abandoned with her lover on an island off Quebec. In 1973, the French director Claude Pierson (1930-1997) made an adaptation of this work, entitled Ah! Si mon moine voulait…, with Alice Arno in the cast."