Collection of verse gathered by Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (Volume 2)
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CMV33050
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MS 71
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Collection of verse gathered by Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (Volume 2)
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Recueil de différents morceaux en prose et en vers.
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No
Brief Summary:
A collection of verse gathered by Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732-1776).
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8 + 453 + 5 pp.
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235 x 184 mm
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3
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The paper is watermarked with a shield and the initials ‘GR’ suggesting that the paper was made in England, with ‘GR’ standing for ‘George Regina’.
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Bound in calf skin. Marbled paper has been added to the covers.
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The edges of the pages are gilded. A green ribbon to be used as a place marker is stuck inside the MS. There are remnants of wax in the left-hand margin of p.3, in the upper outer corners of p.6-7, the bottom of p.14 over the first word of the final line of text, in the inner margins of p.98-99, the inner margin of p.134, the inner margin of p.194, the upper right-hand corner of p.256, the bottom of p.336-37, the inner margin of p.372, between l.11 and 12 on p.385. Ink smudges and/or blots can be found on p.26-27, in the lower right-hand corner of p.77, the lower left-hand corner of f.108, the lower left-hand corner of p.210, the lower left-hand corner of p.212, the lower right-hand corner of p.217, the inner margin of p.214, the lower left-hand corner of p.228, on p.242-43, the lower right-hand corner of p.265, the lower right-hand corner of p.291, the top of p.355, the bottom of p.426, the lower half of p.427, the bottom of p.429. There is a faint grey-black stain on p.62-63. There is a partial ink fingerprint in the bottom right-hand corner of p.23, in the bottom right-hand corner of p.127, and in the upper left-hand margin of p.338. Two small indents between the antepenultimate and penultimate and penultimate and final lines of p.42-52 are faintly visible. The direction of the indents suggest that a small object had at one time rested between p.42 and p.43. The lower right-hand corner of p.107 has been folded over (since unfolded). The ink changes on p.115 to a darker ink. This change of ink also signifies the beginning of the most heavily edited sections of the manuscript. There are red marks throughout, including a letter ‘A’ on p.175. There is a small hole in the middle of the lower half of p.173-74, the lower right-hand corner of p.278, the lower half of p.296, over the final line of p.373-74, the upper half of p.437-38. There is a faint stain running along the outer halves of p.176-77 and a small fleck of gold ink at the end of l.14 of p.177. There is also an area of discolouration along the inner margins of p.188-89. Some of the text on p.418-19 and 445 sparkles due to particles of drying sand being absorbed by the ink. There is an area of rectangular discolouration in the upper section of the inner margins of p. 397-403 suggesting that an object, perhaps a place marker, had been kept between these pages, likely between p.400-401 as this is where the discolouration is strongest. The pages have all been scored to create a neat border around the text.
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Undecorated
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Words and phrases have been underlined throughout. Some faded letters have been drawn over in darker ink. The text has been ammended throughout via crossings out, and the addition of additional text superscript. Additional text has also been added to the titles and in the margins of the texts providing additional information about the contents and/or creation of the given text. Brackets and braces have been added in the margins. The text from p.115-20 is written both in darker ink and a portion of it is written in a smaller, less tidy script. A Table of Contents at the conclusion of the manuscript has been added in a messier hand than the rest of the manuscript. Small crosses, and occasionally other symbols, have been added in the margins in pencil by Theodore Besterman, along with minor comments on the text such as on p.132-33. One such comment on p.453 is signed ‘Th. B.’
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[Paris]
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