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HISTOIRE PITOYABLE - of Prince Erastus, son of Diocletian, E…
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HISTOIRE PITOYABLE - of Prince Erastus, son of Diocletian, E…
See original version (French)
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HISTOIRE PITOYABLE - of Prince Erastus, son of Diocletian, Emperor of Rome. Containing examples & notable speeches,
translated from Italian into French. Paris, Lucas Breyel, 1587. In-16, 318, (2) ff. (sig. A-Z8 Aa-Rr8), paper browned, trimmed a little short with loss at the top of the pages of the last 3 ff., 18th c. green morocco pl., triple gilt thread on boards, smooth spine decorated a little faded, gilt tr. Missing from Renouard (Fasc. Breyer). Joint edition with Mathieu Guillemot. The first edition based on the Greek text (Dolopatos ou Historia septem sapientum) appeared in Italian in Venice in 1542 under the title I Compassionevoli avenimenti d'Erasto, then in Mantua in 1546. The anonymous French translation was first published in Lyon in 1564, followed by other Lyon editions in 1565 and 1567 and Parisian editions in 1570, 1572, 1584, etc. The Dolopatos is a collection of tales of Indian origin, very popular in Europe in the Middle Ages, composed around the first century B.C. Translations were first made into Persian, Arabic, Hebrew and Syriac, followed by adaptations such as the Roman des Sept Sages. Short story writers such as Boccaccio borrowed heavily from these stories. The mother-in-law of a prince, whose advances have left her cold, accuses him of rape in return. The Seven Wise Men, responsible for the Prince's education, defend him to the Emperor. This leads to an oratorical joust between the Seven Wise Men and the Queen, in which various tales in the form of apologues are introduced to illustrate their point of view.
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