[MARGUERITE de NAVARRE]. Contes et Nouvelles de Marguerite d - Lot 158

[MARGUERITE de NAVARRE]. Contes et Nouvelles de Marguerite de Valois, Reine de Navarre. A Amsterdam, Chez George Gallet, 1698. 2 volumes in-12, lemon morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ribbed spines decorated with a lattice decoration, gilt edges (18th c. binding). First edition under this title of the Heptameron "mis[e] en beau langage accommodé au goût de ce temps" ("put[e] in beautiful language adapted to the taste of the time") & FIRST PRINTING. A title-frontispiece engraved by Jan van VIANEN after Jan GOÉRÉE and 72 engraved mid-page figures generally attributed to Romeyn de HOOGHE or Jan HARREWIJN. From the libraries of the Lyon bibliophile Joseph Renard & Charles de Secondat (1833-1900), baron de Montesquieu, at Château de La Brède, with bookplate. Bibliophilic annotations in pink ink on title page. One spine cracked over 3 cm; stain on one cover; spotting on endpapers slightly affecting the title of vol. II; two leaves of the table of vol. II restored. Cohen, 680 (for the 1708 edition); Brunet, III, 1417. BEAUTIFUL LEMON MAROQUIN EXEMPLAIRE FROM THE LA BRÈDE CASTLE LIBRARY. See reproduction