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Title The palace of pleasure [microform] : 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.

Imprint

London : D. Nutt, 1890.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets	LEL 20341-42	---	Available

Description	3 v. : facsims.
Series	Library of English literature ; LEL 20341-42
Note	"Of this edition five hundred and fifty copies have been printed, five hundred of which are for sale."
	A collection of 101 tales, from Italian, French, and classical sources, first printed in 2 volumes, 1566-67.
	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.
	Includes index.
Bibliography	"Documents relating to Painter": v. 1, p. [liii]-lxii.
Reproduction	Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1970. 2 microfiches : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 20341-42)
Note	s 1970 ilu n
Subject	Italian literature -- Translations into English.
Added Author	Painter, William, 1540?-1594.
	Bandello, Matteo, 1485-1561.
	Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
	Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549.
	Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916.
	Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833.