Album of rebus cards and solutions, between 1790 and 1810?

Date:

1790

Description:

Notebook with 10 to 12 printed rebus cards in various formats and colors pasted to each recto and numbered in ink; corresponding numbered solutions are written in ink on each verso. There are a total of 259 cards (number 2 and number 44 are missing, but two extra are pasted inside the back cover) and 258 solutions. The notebook is a single gathering in quarto format of 22 leaves with a contemporary pattern paper wrapper, rebacked with white paper.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Jan Borma (stamp, inside upper cover).; Formerly owned by F. F. del Campo (stamp, f. 1r).; Sold by Susanne Schulz-Falster Rare Books (Woodstock, England), 2020.; Borma, Jan, former owner.; del Campo, F. F., former owner.

Relation:

The Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for Special Collections Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366256

Subject:

Word games -- France

Form/Genre:

rebuses; Hybrid books; Manuscripts, French; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 volume (22 leaves) : paper; 190 x 160 mm.

Rights:

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

Notes:

In French.; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for Special Collections.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 2067

Collection:

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for Special Collections