Inventaire de mes livres, papiers, meubles de chambre, cuisine, cave grenier, ecuirie, et grange ; et de tous les efets mobilieres qui m'appartiennent en proprieté / J[acques] Ville.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Ville, Jacques.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Private libraries--France--18th century--Catalogs.

Private libraries.

Personal belongings.

House furnishings.

France.

House furnishings--France--Early works to 1800.

Personal belongings--France--Early works to 1800.

Isère (France)--History--18th century--Sources.

Isère (France).

Genre:

Catalogs.

Codices.

Inventories.

Book catalogs.

Reading lists.

Manuscripts, French.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Schulz-Falster Rare Books (Woodstock, England), 2015.

Physical Description:

26 leaves : paper ; 270 x 185 mm bound to 270 x 195 mm

Other Title:

Inventaire des livres, meubles, et autres efets mobiliaires

Place of Publication:

Saint-Martin-de-Clelles, 1728-1744.

Language Note:

French.

Biography/History:

Prieur curé of Saint-Martin-de-Clelles, in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Summary:

Inventory of the belongings of a priest in southeastern France, compiled in 1728 with later additions. Almost half the document is devoted to over 100 books, with the other half listing belongings by room and some papers. Entries for books include title, author, place of printing, and often year of printing, ranging from 1521 (p. 12) to 1736 (p. 17). The books at the end of the list have been added after 1728. A majority of the books are religious, but classical works and works on scientific topics such as arithmetic and geography are also included. The owner's signature is at the bottom of nearly every page.

Contents:

1. p.3: [Preface]

2. p.5-17: Inventaire de mes livres

3. p.18: Cabinet

4. p.19-20: Inventaire de mes autres meubles

5. p.20: Dans la grande chambre qui est au dessus de la cuisine

6. p.21-22: Dans la cuisine

7. p.22-23: Estain

8. p.24: Inventaire particulier de mon linge et habits

9. p.25-26: Meubles de cave

10. p.27: Le grenier

11. p.29: L'escuirie et la grange

12. p.31-32: Inventaire de mes papiers.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from title page (f. i recto).

Pagination: Paper, 26 leaves; [i-iv], 1-48; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper center or upper outer corners.

Script: Written in cursive script by Jacques Ville.

Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) paper over cardboard; title in ink on upper cover, Inventaire des livres, meubles, et autres efets mobiliaires, de sieur Jaques Ville, prieur curé de St. Martin de Clelles; pocket for documents attached inside upper cover.

Origin: Written in Saint-Martin-de-Clelles in 1728, with notes added after 1736 (p. 17), in 1739 (p. 33), and in 1744 (p. 20).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1740.

OCLC:

936391603