Details

Subjects:

History -- Study and teaching -- England -- Early works to 1800.
History -- Study and teaching.
England.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

French.

Summary:

An abridged history of the world to 1714, presumably copied by a London school girl, Sarah Bazett, whose name is on the title page. Includes a preface "traduite de l'Anglais."

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title and date from title page (p. iii).
Pagination: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 79 + i (contemporary paper); [iv], 1-15, [i], 1-135, [iii]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.
Script: Written in a cursive script by one hand.
Decoration: Illustrated frontispiece in black and white watercolor depicts a student seated at a desk looking a winged figure (Time) who is pulling aside a curtain to reveal Biblical scenes in the history of the world including the Flood and the nativity of Christ.
Binding: Red morocco, gilt.
Origin: Written in London[?] in 1775.
The text of this volume is the same as that of Ms. Codex 640, however the prefaces are not the same.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Amanda Hall Rare Books (London), 1998.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 756

Contributor:

Bazett, Sarah.

OCLC:

212375928