Details

Subjects:

French poetry -- 18th century.
French poetry.
French letters -- 18th century.
French letters.
France -- History -- Louis XV, 1715-1774.
France.
History.
France -- Politics and government -- 1715-1774.
Politics and government.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Anthologies.
Book catalogs.
Poems.
Wills.
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

French.

Summary:

18th-century collection of poems, letters, and political materials. Beginning about a third of the way into the manuscript, with an account of military action in Guastalla in northern Italy in 1734 (f. 70r), the contents when dated are generally chronological through to the last item in the collection, the epitaph of Monsieur de Harlay, Intendant of Paris, dated 1740 (p. 209r). 2 printed periodicals, each a bifolium containing news from various European cities, are laid in the manuscript: Amsterdam XL, 19 May 1733, and Gazette No. 21, 23 May 1733. Another periodical, the Journal politique et literaire d'Amsterdam, is represented by an excerpt copied from the 9 Nov. 1736 issue (f. 133r). The relatively small number of political items are historical accounts of or correspondence concerning the Parlement (f. 148v, 152v, 173r, 203r). Other items of interest include a copy of the will of Michel-Roger de Bussin-Rabutin, bishop of Luçon, dated 1736 (f. 128v); a Lettre pastoralle in verse by Monseigneur Pancrace Pellegrin (f. 129v); a poem titled Reconciliation de Rousseau avec ses enemies, dated January 1737 (f. 145r); a poem titled Horoscope de Perrette, by Grécourt though not attributed in the manuscript (f. 195r); and Catalogue des livres nouveaux de l'Imprimerie Royale, dated 1738 (f. 201r). Trimming has affected the edge of the text on some pages.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from spine.
Foliation: Paper, 248; [1-248] (f. 210-248 are blank); modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Script: Written in cursive script by multiple hands.
Binding: 18th-century calf, gilt spine with title Pieces divers.
Origin: Written in France, ca. 1734 (f. 70r) - 1740 (f. 209r).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly in the library of Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de Berry.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's with other items from the library of the duchesse de Berry, 8 June 2011, lot 170.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1600

Contributor:

Berry, Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de, 1798-1870, former owner.

OCLC:

743320382