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Name:

Demelle, François

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1691

Description:

Manuscript copy of a treatise first printed in 1604, dealing with the work of the maîtres-écrivains, the guild in France responsible for the detection of forged or altered manuscript documents. Topics include the analysis of writing and signatures, the formation of letters, and various types of forgeries. On the verso of the front flyleaf someone has added a list of five "maistres ecrivains jurés experts": Louis Revel, 1679; Nicolas le Comte, 1686; Michel le Drans, 1688; Jean le Varignoy, 1690; Gabriel le Court, 1691. A table of contents in the same hand as the text (p. [121-122]) and a second, incomplete table of contents in a different hand (p. [123-124]) follow the text.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Previously owned by J. M. Auger (signature, p. 1)?; Sold by Martayan Lan (New York), 2008.

Subject:

Legal documents -- Identification -- Early works to 1800; Forgery -- Early works to 1800; Guilds -- France; Guilds; Forgery; Legal documents -- Identification

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); manuals (instructional materials); treatises; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

62 leaves : paper; 152 x 78 (123 x 58) mm bound to 158 x 91 mm

Geographic Subject:

France

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (p. 1); author supplied from references for printed edition.; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 62 + i (contemporary paper); 1-120, [iv]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper center.; Layout: Written in 25 long lines; text block outlined in red ink.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand..; Decoration: Initials and occasional words in red ink; chapter headings decorated with flourishes.; Binding: Contemporary calf.; Origin: Written in France, circa 1691.; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1173