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Manuscript facsimilie of Treatise on the state and origin of the Ancient French by Nicolas Vignier

 Collection — Box: BW 48, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16704

Content Description

Traicté de l'estat et origine des anciens françois par Nicolas Vignier. Manuscript in French, 168 leaves written in a single Batarde hand in brown ink, 17-19 lines per page, plus catchword. The manuscript closely imitates the printed edition by Nicolas Vignier, published by Chez Claude Garnier, A Troyes, 1582, from imprint and device motto to full transcription of the royal privilege and colophon at the end. 18th-century engraved armorial bookplate... of Le Peletier in the quarto.

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Dates

  • Creation: 1582

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

0.03 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

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