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Vol. XXIII. (ff. 104). PROVINCE de Roussillon, i.e. Generalité de Perpignan; by - Rousselot, Grand Vicaire de 1'évêché d'Elne à Perpignan, 1707. Roussillon, France: Memoir on: 1707.: Fr. Rousselot, Grand Vicaire de l'évêche d'Elne à Perpignan: Mémoire sur la province de Roussillon: 1707.: Copy...
Vol. XXIV. (ff. 134). GENERALITÉ de Bordeaux; by M. de Bezons, Intendant, 1697. Bordeaux, France: Memoir on the Généralité of: 1697.: Fr. de Bezons, Intendant of Bordeaux: Mémoire sur la généralité de Bordeaux: 1697.: Copy.
Vol. XXV. (ff. 31). [GENERALITÉ de Pau, contenant les] Provinces de Bearn et Basse Navarre; by [François] Guyet, Intendant, 1698. Pau, France: Memoir on the généralité of: 1698.: Fr. François Guyet, Intendant of Pau: Mémoire sur Béarn et Basse-Navarre: 1698.: Copy. Béarn, France: Memoir on: 1...
Vol. XXVI. (ff. 223). GOUVERNEMENT de Lyon, contenant les trois Provinces de Lyonnois, Forest et Beaujolois; "par M. Trudaine, Intendant, Année 1698." According to Boulainvilliers (ii. p. 358) the author was [Henri François] Lambert d'Herbigny, who was Intendant at Lyon 1694-1702. Trudaine appea...
Vol. XXVII. (ff. 150). PROVINCE de Dauphiné; by [Etienne Jean] Bouchu, Intendant, 1698. Dauphiné, France: Memoir on: 1698.: Fr. Étienne Jean Bouchu, Intendant of Dauphiné: Mémoire sur la Province de Dauphiné: 1698.: Copy.
Vol. XXVIII. (ff. 455). LA PROVENCE; by [Pierre Cardin] Le Bret, Intendant, 1701. Provence, France: Memoir on: 1701.: Fr. Pierre Cardin Le Bret, Intendant of Provence: Mémoire sur La Provence: 1701.: Copy.
Vol. XXIX. (ff. 289). PROVINCE de Languedoc; by [Nicolas Lamoignon] de Basville, Intendant, 1698. The article, however, is dated at the end (f. 286), Montpellier, 31 Dec. 1697. Province of Languedoc: Memoir on: 1697-8.: Fr. Nicolas Lamoignon de Basville, Intendant of Languedoc: Memoire sur Lan...
DESCRIPTIVE REMARKS, in French and English, on Amsterdam, Brussels, and other towns in the Low Countries. Preceded (f. 2) by the beginning of a journal, in the same hand, of a tour in the Netherlands, starting from London, in 1710. At f. 1 is an engraved map of Holland, by Pieter Schenk, 1705. P...
HYMN to the Virgin, in French, preceded by a calendar in a different hand. Imperfect at the beginning, the first line being, "Durement fu trauaile" (f. 8 b), and wanting leaves after ff. 9, 10. The several divisions remaining begin, "Deu te salt uirgine honore" (f. 9 b), "Virge mere preciouse" (...
Pierre Sala, Petit Livre d'Amour (Emblesmes et Devises d'Amour)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains the collection of love poems known as LePetit Livre d'Amour (also known as Emblesmes et Devises d'Amour) by the French writer and collector Pierre Sala, copied c. 1500 (ff. 1r-17v), and an 18th-century transcript of this collection (ff. 18r-34r). Contents: ff. 1r-17v:...