Pöemes Choisis

  • Manuscript. 390 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
  • Paris , 1809
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Paris, 1809. Manuscript. 390 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco with onlaid green covers, spine gilt, a.e.g. Manuscript. 390 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Finely lettered manuscript collection of French poems and discourses on poetry, comprising some 29 selections, with an index indicateing how many verses in each item, and noting a total of 6698 verses. At the foot of each section, the author and date of copying are given.
Includes passages from Voltaire, Chenier, Thomas, and others, and a “Discours sur la manière de lire les vers” by François de Neufchateau

An attractive commonplace book from the early nineteenth century.

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