Typescript of Gui Du Faur's Quatrains de Pibrac, translated into English by E. Du Faur in 1907 from the original text, 78 folios: (fo. i) title page; (fo. i) 'Introductory and Historical', in English; (fo. viiv) the main text: each quatrain is transcribed in French from the printed text and is followed by its English translation; (fo. 64) 'L'Envoi' by the translator, in English; (fo. 66) notes and glossary. The versos are mostly blank. Inside the front cover is a letter from H. Montagu Butler to F.J.H. Jenkinson, 19 December 1913.
E. Du Faur: Translations of Gui Du Faur's Quatrains de Pibrac
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- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.5715
- Dates of Creation
- 1907-1913
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 volume(s) 1 volume
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Acquisition Information
Presented by E. Du Faur, 1907.
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Bibliography
The original text of the Quatrains was published in Paris in 1621 by Florent Chrestian, tutor of Henry IV