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MARGUERITE d'Angoulême. L'Heptameron des Nouvelles de tresillustre et tresexcellente Princesse Marguerite de Valois, Royne de Navarre. Title within woodcut historiated border. [4], 212 [i. e., 210], [2] leaves. 4to, contemporary limp vellum with remnants of thong ties; occasional minor marginal dampstaining, blank lower outer corner off G4. Contemporary signature of Matth. Chytraeus on title. Paris: Benoist Prevost, 1560
Third edition of a collection of tales in the manner of Boccaccio, and the second to contain 72 novels; the 1558 original edition, published as Histoire des Amans Fortunes, contained 67. Tchemerzine (1977) IV, 378 ("fort rare"); Rothschild 1697 (providing a key to characters based on contemporaries of the author).
