Identity area
Reference code
Crewe MS/40
Title
‘Relation de ce qui s’est passé depuis mon depart de Varsovie’, by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Date(s)
- c. 1764 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume (32 x 21 cm), containing 18 leaves. Half-bound.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
The narrative is dated 1764, but the MS is probably somewhat later. The armorial bookplate of Robert, Earl of Crewe, is pasted inside the volume, and his heraldic ‘garb’ is stamped on the front cover.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Text of the narrative mentioned, perhaps an autograph. On the spine is stamped ‘Mon Depart de Varsovie. B. de St. Pierre. MS.’
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Foliated 1–4, with five unnumbered leaves at the front and nine at the back.
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Language of material
- French
Script of material
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Publication note
Printed in Correspondance de J.-H. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, iii (1826), 45–61.