Cahier d'Ecriture par Mercier (calligraphy book) sharing illustrations and emotions of a French teenager. (Addition 40) 2024-0065

Containers:
Flat_Box 1
Creator:
Musinsky Rare Books
Extent:
0.05 Cubic Feet
Scope and content:

Compiled in 1858, the decorative title page Cahier d'Écriture par Mercier dédié à mes bien-aimés parents, the book features twenty-four calligraphy entries from a teenage student at the Grand-Classe St. Etienne in Saint-Étienne, France. The entries include the author's reflections on friendship, anger, anxieties, family life, hopes, and religious devotion.

Several font samplers are present throughout the book, as are full-color pencil-sketched illustrations. Illustrations include buildings, animals, people, and urban scenes. The majority of the calligraphy entries are bordered by an elaborate design, either pressed into the paper or drawn by the author herself.

Language:
English French

Access and use

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
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Parent restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Parent terms of access:
This collections contains some in-copyright material. Visit our Permissions and Publishing page (https://library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/publising). For more information about use of Special Collections materials. The library can contain copyright material on request, but users are responsible for making their own determination about lawful use of collection materials.
Preferred citation:

MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building Addition 40, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.