Sammlung allein für mein Herz

Date:

1770

Description:

Small oblong commonplace book of epigrams, poems, and quotations in German and French, not all with attributions. Some of the selections are translated from other languages, such as passages from Tasso (f. 16r-16v), Alexander Pope (f. 56r-56v), and Horace (f. 75v). The compiler's initials, M. J. F. W. von M., are on the title page (f. 1r).

Language:

German

Provenance:

Sold by Antiquariat Michael Steinbach (Vienna), 2017.

Relation:

The Dante and Tasso Library Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/498378

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); commonplace books; translations (documents); Quotations; Manuscripts, German -- 18th century; Manuscripts, French -- 18th century; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

104 leaves : paper; 67 x 96 mm bound to 70 x 103 mm.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; German and French.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Collation: Paper, 104; 1-13⁸; 1-104, modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Script: Written in cursive script (French selections) and German cursive script (German selections), by one hand.; Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) colored paper over cardboard, with a paper-covered slipcase; gilt edges.; Origin: Probably written in Germany, in 1770 (title page, f. 1r).; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dante and Tasso Library Fund.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 2114

Collection:

Dante and Tasso Library Fund