Jonathan, or, The true friend

Creator
Cerisiers, René de, 1603-1662
Mazarin, Jules, 1602-1661 (dedicatee)
Form
manuscripts (documents)
codices (bound manuscripts)
Manuscripts, English
Manuscripts, European
Date
1660
Language
English
Extent
88 leaves : paper ; 205 x 158 (172 x 112) mm bound to 214 x 170 mm
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (p. i), Jonathan, or The true friend. Written originallie in French by The famous de Ceriziers Almoner to the King. Done Into English by [attribution and date deliberately made unreadable]. Date appears to be 1660.
Dedication: "To my Lord the Most Eminent Cardinall Mazarin." (p. iii-iv).
Pagination: Paper, i + 88 + i; [iv], 1-163, [164-170]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners..
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
Binding: Half cloth.
Origin: Written in England, circa 1660.
Pencilled note next to title page reads: "Several translations were done by Sir Wm. Lower from the same author. This original manuscript appears not printed." [Name blocked out on title page does not appear to be Lower, however.].
English, translated from French.
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3t43j36t
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 210
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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