Details

Subjects:

French literature -- 18th century.
French literature.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

French.

Summary:

A sentimental novel, partly epistolary, in two parts, probably unpublished.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1r).
Foliation: Paper, vi (contemporary paper) + 133 + vi (contemporary paper); [1-133]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand, with a few corrections and marginal notations in other hands.
Binding: Contemporary calf.
Origin: Written in France after 1737 (f. 118r).

Penn Provenance:

Former owners include: Caffarelli (bookplate, inside upper cover); Chateau des Espas (bookplate, flyleaf i recto).
Sold by Amanda Hall Rare Books, 1998.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 152

OCLC:

155988155