Item 22 - ‘L’Ecole du monde’: an allegorical comedy in one act, by Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon

Identity area

Reference code

Crewe MS/22

Title

‘L’Ecole du monde’: an allegorical comedy in one act, by Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon

Date(s)

  • c. 1739 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 volume (34 x 23 cm), containing 27 leaves. Half-bound.

Context area

Archival history

The certificate of the censeur royale Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, dated 22 Sept. 1739, authorising the play for performance, appears on f. 15v, which suggests that this manuscript was made either by or for the author. Inside the back cover is the binderread more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

On the spine is stamped ‘L’Ecóle [sic] du Monde'.

System of arrangement

Foliated i, 1–15, with five unnumbered flyleaves at the front and six at the back.

Conditions of access and use area

Language of material

  • French

Allied materials area

Publication note

Printed in: Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon, L’Ecole du monde, précédé du prologue de l’Ombre de Molière, 1739

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