The Heptameron of Margaret Queen newest of Navarre antique Book

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The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre : Translated From The French with a Memoir of the Author by Walter K. Kelly, 1918 London,
Published for the Trade, no date ( circa 1918) .

Marguerite de Navarre, was the princess of France, Queen of Navarre & the Duchess of Alencon and Barry. She was married to Henry 11 of Navarre. Her brother became King of France, as newest Francis 1, and the two siblings were responsible for the celebrated intellectual and cultural court and salons of their day in France. Marguerite is the ancestress of the Bourbon kings of France, being the mother of Jeanne d'Albret, whose son, Henry of Navarre, succeeded as Henry IV of France, the first Bourbon king.
As an author and a patron of humanists and reformers, she was an outstanding figure of the French Renaissance. Samuel Putnum called her "The First Modern Woman". Following the example of her mother, Marguerite became the most influential woman in France during her lifetime when her brother accended to the crown as Francis I in 1515. Her salon, known as the :New Parnassus:, became famous internationally. Pierre Brantome said of her : " She was a great princess. But in addition to that, she was very kind, gentle, gracious. charitable, a great dispenser of alms and friendly to all".

Red cloth hardcover boards, with some surface wear, bumped corners, paper title on spine....Not dated, gilt top end papers, deckled ends side & bottom pages, hardcover spine is loose, but spine & pages are bound tight, pages smooth clean, readable with some yellowing, engravings are beautiful.....It measures approx. 8" x 5.5" x 2"....In good condition.

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