Receuil de chansons 1709 à 1713, circa 1713.

1 v. (circa 400 p.) ; 16 cm.

French

Purchased from Bonnefoi Livres Anciens on the Margaret Deakers and Eugene Mersereau Waith Fund, 2008.

Manuscript fair copy, in a single hand, of the verses to over 150 satirical political songs, chronologically arranged. Subjects include events of the War of the Spanish Succession; the 1709-10 French famine; the destruction of the convent of Port-Royal; the imposition of the dixième tax and the government's finances; the courtiers of Versailles; and the relationship between King Louis XIV and Madame de Maintenon. Each song also lists a traditional tune to which it may be sung.

February 27, 2009

Receuil de chansons 1709 à 1713. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Receuil de chansons 1709 à 1713. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.