French verse miscellany, c.1750-1799
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CMV:
CMV35712
Shelfmark:
MSB 47, ‘French verse miscellany, circa 1750-1799’
Title:
French verse miscellany, c.1750-1799
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OCLC Number:
246634760
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Brief Summary:
A miscellany of French verse compiled c.1750-1799. It is likely that the miscellany was created by a nobleman associated with the royal court.
Detailed Summary:
Several of the poems are by Voltaire. Others include a dedication to the Queen of Sweden, to Marie Sall, a Paris Opera dancer, and Juliette Catesby, a fictional character in Lettres de Milday Juliette Catesby written by Marie Jeann Riccoboni. Half of the pages in the collection are blank.
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Extent:
77 pp.
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Height: 165 mm
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The paper is watermarked with the watermark of Van Der Ley.
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The MS is bound in contemporary goat.
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History
Date:
1750-1799
Ownership:
Owned either by Charles Pinot Duclos (1704-1772) or Jean Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d’Argens (1704-1771).
Origin (transcript):
France
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