The palace of pleasure :
Elizabethan versions of Italian and French novels from Boccaccio, Bandello, Cinthio, Straparola, Queen Margaret of Navarre, and others /
done into English by William Painter; now again edited for the fourth time by Joseph Jacobs.

Description

Main Author: Painter, William, 1540?-1594
Related Names: Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916, editor.
Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833
Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916, ed.
Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Bandello, Matteo, 1485-1561
Language(s): English
Published: London : D. Nutt, 1890.
Subjects: Classical literature > Classical literature / Translations into English
Italian literature > Italian literature / Translations into English
Translations
Note: Based on the privately printed edition of Joseph Haslewood in 1813, with his preliminary matter, and facsimiles of the original title-pages, 1566-67, and reproductions of those of the 2d edition, 1575.
A collection of 101 tales, from Italian, French, and classical sources, first printed in 2 volumes, 1566-67.
"Of this edition five hundred and fifty copies have been printed, five hundred of which are for sale."
Physical Description: 3 v. : facsims. ; 27 cm.
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