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A collection of riddles, bon mots, & jeux d'esprit : manuscript.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2311
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books and reading.
- Poetry.
- Genre:
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- commonplace books.
- Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Antiquates Fine and Rare Books (Wareham, Dorset, England), 2018.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (81 pages) : paper ; 20 x 13 cm
- Production:
- Place not identified, 1848.
- Summary:
- This volume contains a collection of manuscript conundrums, anagrams, rhymes, and humorous asides written in a legible hand. There are both extracts from published works and seemingly original compositions. The volume is bound in marbled paper wrappers.
- Notes:
- Title from cover.
- Bookseller's description laid in.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Zachs-Adam Rare Book Fund.
- Cited as:
- A Collection of Riddles, Bon Mots, & Jeux d'Esprit (Ms. Codex 2311). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
- OCLC:
- 1528390885
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