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Title

Recueil de chansons

Call number

Ms. Codex 936
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 3574717
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3574717

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

French

Origin

Date

between 1675 and 1725

Place

France

Summary

Collection of chansons and airs, many on romantic themes, with an alphabetical title index at the end.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from spine; listed in Zacour-Hirsch as Recueil de poësie.
   

Extent

377 leaves : 252 x 190 (209 x 145) mm. bound to 261 x 205 mm

Foliation

Paper, 377; [iv], 1-12, 14-51, 53-100, 102-151, 151-195, 197-343, 345-350, 350-354, 357-377, 385-391; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary calf (Zacour-Hirsch), gold ornamentation on spine.

Layout

Frame-ruled in ink, with poems written in irregular single or double columns.

Script

Written in a cursive script by many hands.

Provenance

• Sotheby Heirlooms, Part VII, item 337.
   
• Sold by E.P. Goldschmidt, 1956.
   

Subjects topical

• Love poetry, French

Genres

• Codices
• Poems
• Manuscripts, French--17th century
• Manuscripts, French--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

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