Poësies / de François de la Fosse.

Abstract:

After a long prose piece ("Histoire fée et autrement," p. 1-177), poems by de la Fosse, including several concerning Louis XIV and Louis XV, translations of classical poets such as Horace and Anacreon, parodies, and satires. Also copies of poems by 16th- and 17th-century poets such as François Villon, Joachim Du Bellay, Pierre de Ronsard, Remy Belleau, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Jean Passerat, Philippe Desportes, François de Malherbe, and Monsieur Scarron.

Creator:

La Fosse, François de.

Timespan:

France.; France -- 18th century.

Date:

1707

Identifier:

9935598953503681; (OCoLC)ocn155925481; (OCoLC)155925481; (PU)3559895-penndb-Voyager; (CStRLIN)PAUR04-B0

Language:

French

Publisher:

[France], [between 1707 and 1722]

Subject:

French poetry.; Courts and courtiers.; Manuscripts, French.; Manuscripts, European.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

297 leaves : paper, illustrations; 235 x 174 (178 x 120) mm bound to 245 x 192 mm

Personal Name:

Ertinger, Franz, 1640-approximately 1710, engraver.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Binding: Contemporary calf.; Origin: Written in France between 1707 and 1722.; Ms. codex.; Title and author from title page (f. iii recto).; Two indexes, one for poems by de la Fosse and one for those by others, begin after p. 560.; Foliation: Paper, iii (contemporary paper) + 297 + v (contemporary paper); [iv], 1-560, [xviii]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; Decoration: Engraving by Franz Ertinger of Victory placing a wreath on the head of a Roman figure seated on an eagle (flyleaf ii verso); a pen-and-ink title page vignette (f. 3r).; Script: Written in a cursive script.; French.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 928