Les amours et les aventures d'Abrocôme et d'Anthia : roman grec

Contributor:

Guillemeau, J.-L. M. (Jean-Louis Marie), 1766-1853 (translator)

Name:

Xenophon, of Ephesus

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1796

Description:

Romance in five books in which Abrocôme and Anthia, a young man and woman of Ephesus, though separated and threatened by pirates, slavery, shipwrecks, unwanted suitors, and other dangers, remain faithful to one another, are reunited, and return to Ephesus. Preceded by a preface (p. 3-8) describing the discovery of the original manuscript in Florence in 1720; followed by historical and geographical notes (p. 185-295) keyed to numbers inserted in the text.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Formerly owned by L. Guillemeau, son of the translator (bookplate inside upper cover).; Sold by Amanda Hall Rare Books (Teffont Evias, England), 2011.

Relation:

The George L. Murray Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/927926

Subject:

Romance fiction, Greek -- Early works to 1800; Romance fiction, Greek

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); romances (medieval narratives); Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

150 leaves : paper; 174 x 108 (136-148 x 80-82) mm bound to 181 x 126 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Doctor of medicine in Niort, in the department of Deux-Sèvres, France; also a naturalist, historian, and public official (attorney of Niort, deputy for Deux-Sèvres, prefect for the Vendée); the name of the translator appearing on the title page is an anagram.; Title from title page (p. 1).; Pagination: Paper, v + 150 + i leaves; 1-165, [i-ii], 166-298, contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 18-19 long lines; vertical margins marked by folding.; Script: Written in the cursive hand of J.-L. M. Guillemeau.; Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) parchment with damaged paper covers; spine title Les amours d'Abrocôme et d'Anthia in ink.; Origin: Written in Niort, France, in 1796 (p. 1).; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George L. Murray Fund.; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1622

Collection:

George L. Murray Fund