Commonplace book : AMs, [187-]
Dates
- Creation: [187-]
Extent
2 foldersPhysical Location
b
General note
Bound booklet, in red buckram, with entries from both ends.
General note
Contents: a collection of poems, some with musical notation, in French, Russian and Latin, by Marceline Desbordes Valmore, Vanquelin de la Fresnaye, Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov, Sully Prudhomme, Mirza Schaffy, and unidentified authors (including possibly PVG). Also included are: excerpt from the libretto of W.A. Mozart's Cosi fan tutte; list of relatives and friends and their birthdates; and list of composers' dates. The arrival date of 1873 at Nohant (George Sand's home) is given.
General note
With 2 separate AMs leaves containing a poem by an unidentified author, and the French translation of the Latin poem included in the booklet.
Repository Details
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