Details

Subjects:

French literature -- 18th century.
French literature.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction.
France.
History.

Form/Genre:

Fiction.
Codices.
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

French.

Summary:

Novel, written in sentimental style, on the ideals of the French revolution.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (p. iii).
Attribution written in pencil on title page "Merarde St. Just" may be incorrect.
Pagination: Paper, 81; [iv, 1], 2-147, [148-158]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper left corners.
Script: Written in a cursive script by one hand, with passages crossed out and corrected.
Binding: Contemporary boards.
Origin: Written in France[?], circa 1795 (bookseller's notes).

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Amanda Hall Rare Books (Wiltshire, England), 2002.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 900

Contributor:

Mérard de Saint-Just, Simon-Pierre, 1749-1812, attributed name.

OCLC:

155925181