French commonplace book, dating to c.1778
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CMV33079
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C0938 no. 402, ‘Anecdotes, bon mots, saillies, &c. tirés des memoires secrets, pour servir a la l’histoire de la republique des lettres en France depuis 1762 jusqu’a nos jours, ca. 1778.’
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French commonplace book, dating to c.1778
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Brief Summary:
An eighteenth-century French commonplace book, dating to c.1778.
Detailed Summary:
The commonplace book contains entries on literary gossip, many of which are in verse satirising famous writers dating from 9 February 1762-18 December 1778. Voltaire is quoted numerous times.
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309 pp.
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Height: 190 mm
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1
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The bookplate of B. Osorio Jr. has been added to the MS.
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Owned by B. Osorio Jr.
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Purchased in 2008. Acc. No. AM 2009-37.
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