The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 5 (of 5)Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre
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The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 5 (of 5)
Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre
Love stories, French -- Translations into English; Tales -- France -- Translations into English
X. The same. Abel L’Angelier, Paris, 1581, 18mo.
XI. The same. Jean Osmont, Rouen, 1598, 578 pp., sin. 12mo (good type).
XII. The same. Romain Beauvais, Rouen, 1598, 589 pp. 12mo.
In the seventeenth century the _Heptameron_ was frequently reprinted,
Gruget’s text, with a few changes, being still followed until 1698, when
it occurred to some obscure literary man to put the tales into so-called
_beau langage_. At the same time the title of _Heptameron_, devised by
Gruget, was discarded (see post, No. XVI.).
XIII. _L’Heptaméron_, &c., printed by Ch. Chappellein, Paris, 1607,
18mo.
XIV. The same. _Sur Pimprimé à Paris_, J. Bessin (Holland), 1615, sm.
l2mo (reprinted in 1698, 2. vols. 12mo).
XV. The same. David du Petit-Val, Rouen, 1625, 12mo.
XVI. _Contes et Nouvelles de Marguerite de Valois, Reine de Navarre, mis
en beau langage_. Gallet, Amsterdam, 1698, 2 vols, sm. 8vo. This edition
is valued not for its _beau langage_, but for the copperplate engravings
illustrating it. These are coarsely executed, and are attributed to
Roman de Hooge, but do not bear his name. A reprint of the edition
appeared at Amsterdam in 1700.
XVII. The same. Gallet, Amsterdam, 1708, 2 vols. sm. 8vo. Virtually a
reprint, but with several of the Roman de Hooge plates deficient, and
replaced by others signed Harrewyn.
XVIII. The same. La Haye (Chartres), 1733, 2 vols. sm. 12mo.
XIX. The same. Londres, 1744, 2 vols. 12mo.
XX. Heptaméron Français, ou les Nouvelles de Marguerite, Reine de
Navarre; chez la Nouvelle Société Typographique, Berne, 1780-1, 3 vols.
8vo. On some copies the title is simply, Nouvelles de Marguerite,
etc., Berne, 1781; on others Béat Louis Walthard is designated as the
publisher.
For this edition were executed the copperplate engravings, designed by
Freudenberg and Dunker, which illustrate the present translation. It was
at first intended to issue the work in parts, but after parts i. and ii.
had been published (at 4 livres each) the project was abandoned. A few
copies of these two parts are in existence; they bear the date 1778.
Freudenberg began his designs in the previous year, and finished them in
1780.
This edition is greatly prized for its illustrations; the text, however,
largely modified by Jean Rodolphe de Sinner, is without value. The work
was reissued at Paris in 1784 (8 vols, in 8vo, some copies 18mo), at
Berne in 1792, and again in Paris in 1807 (8 vols. 18mo).
The following new editions of the _Heptameron_ have appeared during the
present century:--
XXI. _Contes et Nouvelles de Marguerite, &c_. Dauthereau, Paris, 1828, 5
vols. 32mo. (Collection des romans français et étrangers.)
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