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

Location of collection:

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

160 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Brenda Gunn

Email: bg9ba@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-1037

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/reference-request

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16704, Manuscript facsimilie of Treatise on the state and origin of the Ancient French, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Summary

Extent:

0.03 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

MSS 16704, Manuscript facsimilie of Treatise on the state and origin of the Ancient French, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Acquisition information:

This collection was purchased from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books, Inc. by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 15 February 2019.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard