unknown date – The first part of
Giambattista Basile's
fairy tale collection The
Pentamerone (
Neapolitan: Lo cunto de li cunti overo lo trattenemiento de peccerille, "The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones") is published posthumously by his sister Adriana in
Naples under the
pseudonym Gian Alesio Abbatutis, including Cenerentola, an early version of Cinderella.
New books
Prose
Moses Amyraut – Traité de la predestination (Treatise on predestination)
unknown date – The first part of
Giambattista Basile's
fairy tale collection The
Pentamerone (
Neapolitan: Lo cunto de li cunti overo lo trattenemiento de peccerille, "The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones") is published posthumously by his sister Adriana in
Naples under the
pseudonym Gian Alesio Abbatutis, including Cenerentola, an early version of Cinderella.
New books
Prose
Moses Amyraut – Traité de la predestination (Treatise on predestination)