Parisian category:
Book title:

Contes de Boccace, by Angoulême, Marguerite [d']; Boccaccio, Giovanni

Keywords: Anti-Clerical Works, Erotic works, Literature, Prose Fiction, Satirical works, Short stories

Parisian category: Romans

Illegality: Darnton’s Corpus (115 copies requested in 3 orders)

Acquired: 48 full copies

Sold and Given: 45 full copies

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Editions:

Full title: Contes de Boccace
Edition type (by origin): Place of publication unknown

Author(s): Boccaccio, Giovanni
Original title: [Various titles]
Original language: Italian
Language(s): French
Publication: n.pl. [?]
Details: 1 volume

Notes: Attribution - edition not identified, several produced.

Full title: Contes de J. Bocace. Traduction nouvelle
Edition type (by origin): French editions

Translator(s): Sabatier de Castres, Antoine
Original title: [Various titles]
Original language: Italian
Language(s): French
Publication: London [Paris], 1779
Details: 10 volumes

LFB Catalogue 1787

Notes: Attribution - Fauche-Borel Catalogue (1787) information. Format uncertain Fauche-Borel Catalogue (1787) gives in-16°, although extant copies located are in-8°. Later manuscript reference to the 10 volume edition also gives in-8°.

Full title: [Contes de Boccace et de Marguerite]
Edition type (by origin): Place of publication unknown

Author(s): Angoulême, Marguerite [d']; Boccaccio, Giovanni
Original title: [Various titles]
Original language: Italian
Language(s): French
Publication: n.pl. [?]
Details: 2 volumes, in-12°

Notes: Attribution - work not identified.

Full title: Contes de Boccace
Edition type (by origin): Place of publication unknown

Author(s): Boccaccio, Giovanni
Original title: [Various titles]
Original language: Italian
Language(s): French
Publication: n.pl. [?]
Details: 4 volumes

Notes: Attribution - edition not identified, several produced.