The Facetious Nights of Straparola, in Four Volumes: Consists of an Exquisite and Delightful Collection of Humorous, Witty and Mirthful Conversations, Fables and Enigmas including Singing, Music and Dancing during the Thirteen Nights of the Carnival at V…

Complete in four hardcover volumes. Grey cloth, gilt titles and decorations, top edges gilt. Translated into English from the original Italian by W.G. Waters. Illustrations by Jules Garnier and E.R. Hughes. Straparola's work, originally released in two volumes in the mid-sixteenth century, was the first appearance of fairy tales in a European story-book, and proved influential in the work of Charles Perrault (Straparola was the first to record the tale of Puss in Boots, which Perrault later adapted) and The Brothers Grimm (who adapted numerous tales from Straparola's versions.