Sydney Morgan Commonplace Books, Volume III, 1800-1830

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CMV35337

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Collection 170/198, ‘Sydney Morgan Commonplace Books’

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Sydney Morgan Commonplace Books, Volume III, 1800-1830

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Lady Sydney Morgan: Author, Compiler
Various: Author

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Brief Summary:

A commonplace book produced by Lady (Sydney) Morgan in the early nineteenth-century.

Detailed Summary:

There are three volumes of commonplace books. The third volume is in French and features short biographies and occassional quotes from the works of the following authors: Mademoiselle de Scudery; Racine; Boileau-Despréaux; Phillipe Quinault; La Fonatine; Molière; and Voltaire.

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Physical Description

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50 ff.

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195 x 170 mm

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The commonplace book is bound in marbled paper-covered boards with red tape reinforcing the spines.

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1800-1830

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024