Chansons historiques et gaillardes

Name:

La Motte, M. de (Antoine Houdar), 1672-1731

Date:

1727

Description:

Satirical songs about politics and women from the 17th and early 18th centuries, including songs by Blot, Benserade, Boussy-Rabutin, and Coulanges, with musical notation, annotations, and corrections. The last item in the volume is a satirical version of Antoine Houdar La Motte's verse tragedy, Inees de Castro, "parodiée en mirliton" (f. 170-180).

Language:

French

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Bonnier de la Mosson (Joseph Bonnier, baron of Mossoni, gilt-tooled arms, upper cover; gilt-tooled name, lower cover).; Formerly owned by Viollet le Duc (bookplate, inside upper cover).; Sold by William Salloch (Ossining, N.Y.), 1960.; Bonnier, Joseph, 1702-1744, former owner.; Viollet Le Duc, M. 1781-1857, former owner.

Subject:

Castro, Inês de, -1355 Drama; Castro, Inês de, -1355

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Songs; Songbooks; Satires (literary works); Plays (performing arts compositions); Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European; Drama; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

182 leaves : paper, illustrations; 370 x 226 (280 x 121) mm bound to 379 x 250 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (f. 1r); date based on latest date in manuscript (f. 42r).; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 182 + i (contemporary paper); 1, 3-62, 64, 64-172, 163-164, 175-[182]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.; Layout: Frame ruled with an additional column for annotations between the main writing area and the gutter on each page.; Decoration: Ink drawing of a fish or whale (f. 160r).; Music: Contains musical notation (f. 2r (numbered as 1), 9v, 11v, 13r, 15r, 27r, 31r, 38v, 61r).; Binding: Contemporary marbled calf with the arms of Bonnier de la Mosson on the upper cover and his name on the lower cover (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in France, ca. 1727 (f. 42r).; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1008