den). A folio vol., calf, 95 leaves, handwriting of the end of the
sixteenth century. This only contains fifteen of the stories.

XV. (present possessor unknown). A folio vol., red morocco; text (ending
with tale lxix. ) in sixteenth-century handwriting, with illuminated
initial letters to each tale. _Catalogue des livres de feue Mme. la
Comtesse de Verrue_, Paris, G. Martin, 1737.

XVI. (possessor unknown). MS. supposed to be the original, a large
folio, handwriting of the period, antique binding, containing the
seventy-two tales. _Catalogue des livres, &c., du cabinet de M. Filheul,
&c._, Paris, Chardin, 1779, pp. xxi. and 280.

XVII. (possessor unknown). A folio vol., blue morocco, gilt. No. 1493
in the catalogue of the _Bibliotheque de Simon Bernard, chez Barrois_,
Paris, 1734; and No. 213 in a _Catalogue de manuscrits interessants qui
seront vendus... en la maison de M. Gueret, notaire_, Paris, Debure fils
jeune, 1776.

XVIII. (possessor unknown). A folio vol., blue morocco, gilt, stamped
with the arms of France, from the Randon de Boisset library; the
seventy-two tales complete, a very fine copy. _Catalogue des livres de
la bibliotheqzie de l'Abbe Rive_, Marseilles, 1793. (This MS. should not
be confounded with No. xvii. See L. J. Hubaud's _Dissertation sur les
Contes de la Reine de Navarre_, Marseilles, 1850.)

The following are the editions of Queen Margaret's tales issued from the
press from the sixteenth century to the present time. The list has been
prepared with great care, and we believe it to be as complete a one as
can be furnished; it includes several editions not mentioned in Brunet's
Manual:--

I. _Histoires des Amans Fortunez dediees a tres illustre princesse, Mme.
Marguerite de Bourbon, etc., par Pierre Boaistuau, dit Launoy_, Paris,
1558, 40. The authorisation to print and publish was accorded to Vincent
Sertenas, and the work was issued by three different booksellers; some
copies bearing the name of Gilles Robinot, others that of Jean Cavyller,
and others that of Gilles Gilles.

This, the first edition of the Queen's work, contains only sixty-seven
of the tales, which are not divided into days or printed in their proper
sequence; the prologues, moreover, are deficient, and all the
bold passages on religious and philosophical questions, &c, in the
conversational matter following the stories, are suppressed.

II. _L'Heptameron des Nouvelles de tris illustre et tres excellente
Princesse Mar