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Title

Chansons historiques et gaillardes

Authors

• La Motte, M. de 1672-1731

Other related names

• Bonnier, Joseph, 1702-1744, former owner
• Viollet Le Duc, M. 1781-1857, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 1008
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 3777779
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3777779

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

French

Origin

Date

ca. 1727

Place

France

Summary

Satirical songs about politics and women from the 17th and early 18th centuries, including songs by Blot, Benserade, Boussy-Rabutin, and Coulanges, with musical notation, annotations, and corrections. The last item in the volume is a satirical version of Antoine Houdar La Motte's verse tragedy, Inees de Castro, "parodiée en mirliton" (f. 170-180).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (f. 1r); date based on latest date in manuscript (f. 42r).
   
• Music: Contains musical notation (f. 2r (numbered as 1), 9v, 11v, 13r, 15r, 27r, 31r, 38v, 61r).
   

Extent

182 leaves : 370 x 226 (280 x 121) mm. bound to 379 x 250 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 182 + i (contemporary paper); 1, 3-62, 64, 64-172, 163-164, 175-[182]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary marbled calf with the arms of Bonnier de la Mosson on the upper cover and his name on the lower cover (Zacour-Hirsch).

Layout

Frame ruled with an additional column for annotations between the main writing area and the gutter on each page.

Decoration

Ink drawing of a fish or whale (f. 160r).

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Bonnier de la Mosson (Joseph Bonnier, baron of Mossoni, gilt-tooled arms, upper cover; gilt-tooled name, lower cover).
   
• Formerly owned by Viollet le Duc (bookplate, inside upper cover).
   
• Sold by William Salloch (Ossining, N.Y.), 1960.
   

Genres

• Codices
• Songs
• Songbooks
• Satires
• Plays
• Manuscripts, French--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

• Text

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  URL

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover
• fol. 1r — Musical notation, f. 1r