Precious manuscript of the clef, indispensable for understanding Somaize’s Pr\u00e9cieuses of 1660.<\/p>\n
This key, written in a very legible hand, relates to the 1661 edition of Les Pr\u00e9cieuses and matches the precious characters and personalities by indicating the page of the text on which they appear. Thus Cassandre et ses deux filles corresponds to Madame la comtesse de Clermont et ses deux filles (p.81).<\/p>\n
According to an autograph note on the flyleaf, this copy belonged to Abb\u00e9 Sepher (1710-1781): \u2018Cette clef est conforme \u00e0 une clef mss. que j’ai vue sur un exemplaire imprim\u00e9 du gr. dict. des pr\u00e9cieuses, 2 vol. [in]12, 1661\u2019.<\/p>\n
Abb\u00e9 Pierre-Jacques Sepher was a scholar, doctor at the Sorbonne, vice-chancellor of the University of Paris and bibliophile. His library was sold at auction in 1786.<\/p>\n
Copies of the key are very rare.<\/p>\n
Other provenance: Doctor D. Bernard (ex-libris).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
4to (229 x 172 mm) manuscript on paper of 22 unn.l. including the title and the last blank. Flexible vellum, cover decorated in the Duseuil style, flat spine with handwritten title, gilt edges (contemporary binding).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":80570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[546],"product_tag":[1244],"class_list":{"0":"post-80577","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-manuscript","7":"product_tag-17th-century-literature","8":"pa_auteur-somaize-antoine-baudeau-de-2","9":"pa_type-de-livre-manuscript","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Antoine Baudeau de SOMAIZE","chapeau":"Manuscript in contemporary gilt vellum","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, 1661","book_type":"Manuscript","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n