XXIV. _LHeptaméron des Nouvelles, etc.... avec des notes et une notice par P. L. Jacob, Bibliophile_ (Paul Lacroix). Adolphe Delahays, _Bibliothèque Gauloise_, Paris, 1858, 18mo.
In this edition M. Lacroix, following M. de Lincys example, went to the MSS. for his text, which he annotated with care and erudition. All his notes of any importance are reproduced in the present translation. The edition of 1858 was reprinted in 1875.
XXV. _LHeptaméron, &c_. Gamier frères, Paris, n.d., 1 vol. 18mo. This was long the popular edition in France. The text, which is considerably modernised, is of no value.
XXVI. _Les sept Journées de la Reine de Navarre, suivies de la huitième_. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles (Jouaust), 1872, 4 vols. l6mo.
In this edition Grugets text is followed; the notes, &c, are by M. Lacroix. The work is prized for its illustrations (a portrait and eight etchings) by Leopold Flameng. It was originally issued in eight parts. The value of the copies varies according to the paper on which they are printed. Those on India or Whatman paper, with a duplicate set of the engravings, command high prices. The text has been reissued by the same firm in two cr. 8vo vols, under the title of _LHeptaméron des contes, etc_.
XXVII. _LHeptaméron des Nouvelles, &c_, preface, notes, &c, by Benjamin Pifteau, in the _Nouvelle Collection Jannet_, Alphonse Lemerre, Paris, 1875, 2 vols. l6mo.
This, undoubtedly the best of all the cheap editions, has been reprinted by Marpon & Flammarion, Paris, n.d. The text is from the MSS.; the notes are mainly abbreviated from those of MM. de Lincy and Lacroix. M. Pifteau supplies an introduction and glossary.
XXVIII. _LHeptaméron, &c., publié avec Introduction, Notes et Glossaire par Félix Frank_. Liseux, Paris, 1879, 3 vols. 12mo.
This, from the literary point of view, is one of the most important of modern editions. The text is not taken from the same MS. as was followed by M. de Lincy. The tales are preceded by a lengthy introduction, in which the editor discusses Queen Margarets work and seeks to identify the supposed narrators of her tales. He has frequently been quoted in the notes to this translation.
XXIX. _LHeptaméron, &c, avec notes, variantes et glossaire par F. Dillaye et notice par A. France_. A. Lemerre, Paris, 1879.