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Additional authors

1. Chartres, John, 1862-1927
2. Le Roux de Lincy, 1806-1869
3. Jolaisaint
4. Popini, Alexander
5. Rosen, David

Description

1. 2 volumes : color illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

1. Inspired by Giovanni Bocaccio’s Decameron, the Heptameron is a compilation of 72 tales told in the course of eight days, with 10 tales told on each of the first seven days, and two on the eighth day. 500: “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 abandoned, as punishment, with her lover on an island off Quebec.”—From Wikipedia.

Subject

1. Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549 -- Portraits
2. Franciscans -- Controversial literature
3. Adultery -- France -- Fiction
4. Adultery -- Italy -- Fiction
5. Erotic art -- United States -- 20th century
6. Monks in literature
7. Men -- Sexual behavior -- France -- Fiction
8. Men -- Sexual behavior -- Italy -- Fiction
9. Nudes
10. Women -- Pictorial works
11. Women -- Sexual behavior -- France -- Fiction
12. Women -- Sexual behavior -- Italy -- Fiction

Call number

1. Berg Coll Marguerite H47 1929

Language

1. English

Note

1. Vol. 1: xlvii, [2], 421, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates ; v.2: xxi, [3], 464, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates.
2. Edition limited to 1550 sets.
3. Illustrated with 6 engraved plates designed by Romanian-born illustrator and sculptor Alexander Popini (1878-1962), and engraved by Jolaisaint, and with one plate, an engraved portrait of Marguerite, by David Rosen, after the Jean Clouet oil painting (ca. 1530).
4. Each volume bound in 3/4 green morocco.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access

Local note

1. Berg Collection set with the 7 plates hand-colored (by Rosen?).

Author

1. Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549.

Title

1. The Heptameron of Margaret of Angoulême, queen of Navarre. A complete translation into English, by J.S. Chartres from the authentic French text of Le Roux de Lincy.

Imprint

1. Philadelphia : J.P. Horn, 1929.

Edition

1. The Angoulême edition.

Access

1. Restricted access: request permission in holding division.

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Berg Collection

Added author

1. Chartres, John, 1862-1927. Translator
2. Le Roux de Lincy, 1806-1869. Editor
3. Jolaisaint. Engineer
4. Popini, Alexander. Illustrator
5. Rosen, David. Engineer

Research call number

1. Berg Coll Marguerite H47 1929