R[ecueil] de chansons

Date:

1675

Description:

Collection of chansons and airs, many on romantic themes, with an alphabetical title index at the end.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Sotheby Heirlooms, Part VII, item 337.; Sold by E.P. Goldschmidt, 1956.

Subject:

Love poetry, French

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Poems; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

377 leaves : paper; 252 x 190 (209 x 145) mm bound to 261 x 205 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from spine; listed in Zacour-Hirsch as Recueil de poësie.; Foliation: Paper, 377; [iv], 1-12, 14-51, 53-100, 102-151, 151-195, 197-343, 345-350, 350-354, 357-377, 385-391; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.; Layout: Frame-ruled in ink, with poems written in irregular single or double columns.; Script: Written in a cursive script by many hands.; Binding: Contemporary calf (Zacour-Hirsch), gold ornamentation on spine.; Origin: Written in France in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 936