Journal au Marquis de Chepy

Contributor:

Chépy, Nicolas de Grouches, marquis de (addressee)

Timespan:

18th century

Date:

1740

Description:

Unsigned reports, usually 2 leaves in length, on events in Paris, Versailles, and the Hague, and on political affairs throughout Europe. The reports were folded and mailed individually to the Marquis (or occasionally the Marquise) de Chépy, and the address is visible on some of them.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Purchased, 1963.

Subject:

Politics and government

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Dispatches; Reports; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

346 leaves : paper; 218 x 160 mm bound to 230 x 180 mm

Geographic Subject:

Europe -- Politics and government -- 18th century; Europe

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 2r).; Collation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 346 + i (contemporary paper); [ii, 1-341, iii]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Binding: Contemporary parchment with the arms of de Chépy (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written mostly in Paris and the Hague in 1740 and 1741.; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 988