Age calculation on verso of front endleaf: 1842-1637=205. This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
From dealer's description: "Liure a Chanson 1637. [Belgium] 1637 Oblong 4to (182 x 268 mm.). [i], [55] leaves, interleaved with blanks. In a single calligraphic hand, five different handwriting styles and Sixteen FULL PAGE CALLIGRAPHIC DRAWINGS. Early 19th-century gilt blue morocco (rebacked preserving the original spine), flat spine gilt, edges marbled blue and red. Illustration facing TEXT AND IMAGE GIVE FREE REIN TO THE CALLIGRAPHER'S IMAGINATION AND SKILL. Highly romantic verses in French and Spanish - expressing grief, regret, jealousy, admonition, passion and resignation - surnound or inhabit exuberant abstract ornament, carnival players, street musicians, artimals, putti, lover's knot pattern poems.... In good condition (scattered light fox ng, minor defects, three drawings slightly shaved), by descent from Alexandre de Selliers de Moranville to chevalier Albert de Selliers de Moranville (1879-1965; bookplate). From Hand to Eye. "Rosenbach Museum and Library 20 Nov. 1994-12 Feb. 1995." Ordered from Bruce McKittrick, D9578, 2022-04-26, Cat. 70, item #6.
