The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.) [Illustrated]

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents

"The Heptameron is a collection of 72 short stories written in French by Marguerite of Navarre, published in 1558. It has the form of a frame narrative and was inspired by The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. It was originally intended to contain one hundred stories covering ten days just as The Decameron does, but at Marguerite’s death it was only completed as far as the second story of the eighth day. Many of the stories deal with love, lust, infidelity and other romantic and sexual matters." -- Wikipedia

CONTENTS
PREFACE.

Explanation of the Initials appended to the Notes.
MARGARET OF ANGOULÊME, QUEEN OF NAVARRE.
I.
II.
III.
IV.

ON THE HEPTAMERON
DEDICATIONS AND PREFACE,
Peter Boaistuau, surnamed Launay, To the Reader

THE HEPTAMERON
PROLOGUE.
FIRST DAY.
TALE I.
TALE II.
TALE III.
TALE IV.
TALE V.
TALE VI.
TALE VII.
APPENDIX.

About the Author
"Marguerite de Navarre (French: Marguerite d'Angoulême, Marguerite d'Alençon, Marguerite de Valois or Marguerite de France) (11 April 1492 – 21 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was the queen consort of Henry II of Navarre. Her brother became king of France, as Francis I and the two siblings were responsible for the celebrated intellectual and cultural court and salons of their day in France." -- Wikipedia