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Selected Poems
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV34136
Repository:
Universiteit Leiden / Leiden University
Shelfmark:
LTK 2237, ‘Poésies choisies’
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Language(s):
Dutch, French
In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Collection of Dutch and French poems produced between 1800 and 1825.
Detailed Summary:
Authors featured in the collection include Voltaire, S.H. Vernede, d’Alibrac, J. Cats, Rhijnvis Feith, P. Boddaert, and H. Poot.
Keyword(s):
Elegy, Epigram, Poetry, Romance
Genre(s):
Poetry, Recueil
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
101 ff.
Format:
4to
Dimensions:
220 x 175 mm
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Binding:
Bound in brown marbled leather over cardboard boards. There is gold stampin on the boards and spine, with the spine text reading ‘POESIES CHOISIES’, and gilded edges.
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History
Date:
[1800-1825]
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Origin (transcript):
[Rotterdam]
Origin:
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Provenance:
Purchased from Ludwig Rosenthal’s antiquarian bookshop, Leidschendam on 15 October 1998.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
J. Verbij-Schillings, ‘Ltk 2237, a French-Dutch anthology from around 1800’, Nieuw Letterkundig Magazijn 18, 1 (June, 2000) p.8-12
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