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
Name of creator
Repository
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 binder… read 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