A Renaissance Storybook
| Book | A Renaissance Storybook |
| Editor | Morris Bishop |
| Preface by | Morris Bishop |
| Composition | Kingsport Press Inc. |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press |
| Illustrator | Alison Mason Kingsbury |
| Contributing Writer | Gentile Sermini, Masuccio Salernitano, Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti, Niccolò Machiavelli, Luigi da Porto, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Girolamo Parabosco, Matteo Bandello, G. B. Giraldi, Antoine de La Sale, Nicolas de Troyes, Bonaventure des Périers, Marguerite de Navarre, Mateo Alemán, Miguel de Cervantes, Thomas Deloney, Nicholas Breton |
| Translated by | Thomas Roscoe, W. G. Waters, Percy Pinkerton, Morris Bishop, John Edward Taylor, Alexander Vance, Arthur Machen, James Mabbe, P. R., Gent. |
| Printed by | Kingsport Press Inc. |
| Selected by | Morris Bishop |
| Book Design by | R. E. Rosenbaum |
| Copyright Holder | Cornell University |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Ithaca; London |
| Copyright | 1971 |
| Pages / Font | 304 pages / 10 point linotype Janson, 3 points leaded, with display lines in Palatino |
| Price | $7.50 |
| Price | 72 / – net in U.K. only |
| ISBN 10 | 0-8014-0592-0 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 79-129332 |
| Chapters | I ITALY Sister Savina and Brother Girolamo, by Gentile Sermini The Amorous Booklover, by Gentile Sermini Fra Ieronimo and the Miraculous Arm, by Masuccio A Quick-witted Cleric, by Masuccio The Lovers among the Lepers, by Masuccio The Jesting Inquisitor, by Sabadino degli Arienti Belphagor, by Niccolò Machiavelli [translated by Thomas Roscoe] Romeo and Juliet, by Luigi da Porto [translated by Thomas Roscoe] An Adventure of Francesco Sforza, by Straparola [translated by W. G. Waters] The Will of the Wicked Usurer, by Straparola [translated by W. G. Waters] Friar Stefano's Resurrection, by Girolamo Parabosco [translated by W. G. Waters] Spanish Revenge, by Matteo Bandello [translated by Percy Pinkerton] Love Is Blind, and Lovers Too, by Matteo Bandello [translated by Morris Bishop] The Pertinacious Captain, by Matteo Bandello [translated by Morris Bishop] Savoir-vivre in a Courtesan's Parlor, by Matteo Bandello [translated by Morris Bishop] The Moor of Venice, by G. B. Giraldi (Cinthio) [translated by John Edward Taylor] II FRANCE Little Jehan de Saintré, by Antoine de La Sale [translated by Alexander Vance] The Bailiff and the Scrupulous Curate, by Nicolas de Troyes The Too Clever Fox, by Bonaventure des Périers The Sagacious Monkey, by Bonaventure des Périers The Virtuous Widow, by Margaret of Navarre [translated by Arthur Machen] A Lesson to Errant Wives, by Margaret of Navarre [translated by Arthur Machen] A Case of Sacred and Profane Love, by Margaret of Navarre [translated by Arthur Machen] III SPAIN Lazarillo de Tormes [translated by Thomas Roscoe] Portrait of Father, by Mateo Alemán [translated by James Mabbe] Marriage à la Mode, by Cervantes IV GERMANY The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Dr. John Faustus [translated by "P. R., Gent."; abridged] V ENGLAND Jack of Newbury and the Widow, by Thomas Deloney [excerpt] The Miseries of Mavillia, by Nicholas Breton [excerpt] |
| Notes | [Copyright page] Printed in the United States of America by Kingsport Press, Inc. [Colophon] Printed from letterpress plates by Kingsport Press, on Warren's Olde Style India, 60 pound basis, with the Cornell University Press watermark. Bound by Kingsport Press, in Interlaken Acro 3 Linen-smooth and stamped in imitation gold foil. |
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