French verse miscellany, [17--]

1 v. (109 p.) ; 12 cm.

French

Ownership stamp of Napoleon Mortier, duc de Trévise. Purchased from H. P. Kraus, Rare Books and Manuscripts on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1995.

Collection of verses which includes a long anti-English poem about a young Englishman in the slave trade whose ship is wrecked on the coast of Africa, where he is rescued by a black woman. She falls in love with him, but he eventually takes her to America and sells her, even though she is pregnant by him. Other verses are addressed to Mme de la Vallière, the Duchesse d'Orléans, and other personages. There are also madrigals, charades, and various verbal puzzles.

June 01, 2002

French Verse Miscellany. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

French Verse Miscellany. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University