[MANUSCRIT]. [POETRY]. [SONGS]. Veni-mecum poëtique or Colle - Lot 92

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[MANUSCRIT]. [POETRY]. [SONGS]. Veni-mecum poëtique or Colle - Lot 92
[MANUSCRIT]. [POETRY]. [SONGS]. Veni-mecum poëtique or Collection of the best pieces of Poetry. 1ere [- 2eme] partie. A Angers, MDCCLXXIX [1779] In French, manuscript on paper France, Angers, dated 1779 [5] ff. non ch. (including table) -151 pp. (pp. 3-6 are missing but this seems to be a pagination error) + [6] non-ch. (of which table) - 45 pp. preceded by 3 endpapers and followed by [22] blank pages, some notes taken at the end of the volume and endpapers, cursive handwriting, manuscript in two parts, inscription on verso of first endpaper: "P. B. Dubourg". Bound in half-basin with corners, spine with 4 nerves, red leather title-piece with gilt lettering, boards covered with dominoté paper, marbled edges, marbled paper endpapers turned. Weak spines, dull headpieces, faded boards but period binding. Dimensions: 160 x200 mm. Interesting collection copied by a calligrapher from Angers. Among the authors of this collection of songs or poems, we can mention: Mademoiselle de Scudéry, Mademoiselle Bernard, Marmontel, Madame Deshoulière, Monsieur de Sedaine, Madame de la Sablière, Scarron, Voltaire, Molière, Corneille, Crébillon et alia. At the end of the volume, writings on the art of poetry, in particular Boileau's poetic principles, followed several leaves further on by considerations on the acrostic, on the ode, and a text "De la poësie."
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