Poems and sonnets for Anne de Pisseleu
MS. Douce 172
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Poems and sonnets for Anne de Pisseleu
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 172
Summary
'Recueil de poesies, emblesmes, et devises non iamais imprimees, faict pour haute et puissante Anne de Pisseleu dame de Luce, 1577': sonnets and other poems addressed to her or for her delectation, with many elaborate pen-and-ink drawings.
Date
written in 1577
Language
French
Physical facet
On paper, binding: red leather, each side divided lozengy within a border, with two C's conjoined reversed and barred, repeated
Physical extent
65 Leaves
Custodial history
With the armorial bookplate of N. J. Foucault (d. 1720).
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Collection contents
Poems and sonnets for Anne de Pisseleu
