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Recueil de chansons satyriques et historiques avec notes
Title
Recueil de chansons satyriques et historiques avec notes, [after 1720].
Physical Description
4 v.
Language
French
Notes
Laid in volume 2: 4 songs, with music, written in manuscript in an unidentified 19th-20th century hand.
Binding: 18th century full mottled calf, with compartmented spine, gilt.
In French.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Jule de St. Mars. Ex libris Henry du Rosnel. Ex libris Alfred Cortot. Purchased from Justin Croft on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2010.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript fair copy in one or more unidentified hands of texts for 324 French satirical political songs, some with music. Subjects include the court of Louis XIV, the regency of Philippe, duc d'Orléans, John Law and the Mississippi bubble, and other political issues. The volumes are apparently from a larger original set, and volume numbers have been altered by a former owner. Date spans of contents are: volume 1: 1710-1715; volume 2: 1706-1709; volume 3: 1710; and volume 4: 1715-1720.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Music Scores
Added to Catalog
August 10, 2011
References
Recueil de chansons satyriques et historiques avec notes. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Recueil de chansons satyriques et historiques avec notes. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires.
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