[L'Heptameron] Contes et Nouvelles de Marguerite de Valois, Reine de Navarre. 8 volume set

Marguerite, Queen consort of Henry II King of Navarre

A Londres [Paris], 1784

Eight octavo volumes, 20 cm. 75 plates by Frundenberg; 72 numbered, frontis and 2 unnumbered plates in Volume VIII. Contemporary French tree calf, gilt ruled. All edge gilt, red leather spine labels. Moderate rubbing, minor chipping to spine leather. Splitting to joints. Scattered foxing. Reissue of the 1780-1 Bern edition. Brunet, 1418 <br> The Heptameron is a collection of 72 short stories written in French by Marguerite of Navarre (1492–1549), published posthumously in 1558. It has the form of a frame narrative and was inspired by The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio