Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 1600: Pieces divers The University of Pennsylvania Libraries This description is ©2016 University of Pennsylvania Libraries. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. All referenced images and their content are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Ms. codex. Title from spine. Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Ms. Codex 1600 5021343 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5021343 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. French Pieces divers former owner Berry, Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de, 1798-1870

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 248 leaves : 312 x 193 mm. bound to 319 x 212 mm. + Paper, 248; [1-248] (f. 210-248 are blank); modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Written in cursive script by multiple hands.

18th-century calf, gilt spine with title Pieces divers.

Written in France, ca. 1734 (f. 70r) - 1740 (f. 209r).

ca. 1734-1740 France 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. French poetry--18th century French letters--18th century Codices Anthologies Book catalogs Poems Wills Manuscripts, French--18th century Manuscripts, European