Author: MARGARET OF NAVARRE.
Title: The Heptameron Of The Tails 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 Designd by S. Freudenberg and one hundred and fifty dead and tail pieces. by Dunker.
Description: Five Volumes; each volume; 8vo; unbleached paper8 full page b/w engravings with tissue paper; 150 smaller engravings within text; in blue boards with gilt title on spine and shield design in gilt and red on upper board, endpapers blue matching boards; several blank prelim pages before and after book; each volume has lightly bumped corners and edges; Volume 1; pp. cxxxviii, 124; frontispiece; appendix; tissue paper from frontispiece is loose; otherwise a very good copy; Volume 2, pp. xiv, 225; appendix, a very good copy. Volume 3; pp. viii, 216; 12 full page engravings; a very good copy; Volume 4, pp. x, 244; 9 full page engravings; back hinge has some separation; a good copy. Volume 5. pp. x,264; ; 10 full page engravings; appendix; index; a good copy. London, The Society Of English Bibliophilists, 1894. During the 1500's a series of stories {8 per volume] , with deductive reasoning and good nature, a pleasure to read whether it be about a princess, maid, a boatwoman accosted by two Friars or a Friar pursuing a Nun

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