La Pucelle, or the Maid of Orleans : a poem in XXI Cantos from the French of Mr. Voltaire, With the Author's Preface and original notes

Name:

Voltaire, 1694-1778

Timespan:

18th century

Date:

1796

Description:

Cantos 1-4 only of Voltaire's poem about Joan of Arc, transcribed directly from the privately printed 1796-1797 translation. There are a number of annotations and corrections in ink and in pencil in the text.

Language:

English; French; Latin

Provenance:

Sold by H. M. Fletcher (London), 1951.

Subject:

Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 Poetry; Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431; French poetry -- 18th century -- Translations into English; French poetry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); poems; translations (documents); Manuscripts, European; Manuscripts, English

Physical Description:

140 leaves : paper; 371 x 236 mm bound to 388 x 254 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. ii recto).; Table of contents: 1. f.iii recto-v verso: The preface / by Dom. Apuleius Risorius, a Benedictine monk.; Table of contents: 2. f.1r-28r: Canto the first.; Table of contents: 3. f.29r-59r: Canto the second.; Table of contents: 4. f.60r-87r: Canto the third.; Table of contents: 5. f.88r-126r: Canto the fourth.; Foliation: Paper, 140; [i-vi, 1], 2-8, [9-134 (127-134 blank)]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in up to 18 lines of verse, with poem text on rectos and notes on facing versos.; Script: Written in cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Canto introductions in red ink; in the notes, names, words in French or Latin, and quotations in faded red ink.; Binding: 18th-century quarter calf with marbled boards.; Origin: Written in England after 1796 (date of publication of source, f. ii recto).; English, translated from French, with words and phrases in French and Latin in the notes.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 217