[Il pastor fido.] Imitation du Berge Fidele, pastorele Italiene pour...Charlote Helene Gaiant
Overview
A 17th- or 18th-century copy of the pastoral tragicomedy, Il pastor fido, written in 1590 by the Italian poet and diplomat, Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612).
Dates
- Creation: 17th-18th century
Creator
- Guarini, Battista, 1538-1612 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 volume : Binding: Vellum. Binding Title: The spine title on the vellum cover which may have come from another volume. Reads: Pasteur de Garini. Ornamentation: Text in gold, blue, and red ink. Material: Paper ; Volume measures no taller than 25 cm.
Language of Materials
French
Physical Location
MS C85
Custodial History
The full dedication following the title reads: "...pour Charlote Helene Gaiant. XIX [i.e. age 19]", suggesting that the book may have been a birthday present. In the ornament surrounding the title the initials CG and RG are both prominent, suggesting that the books was given to her (and possibly copied) by RG.
Bookplate: DeSAins Notaire a St. Quentin.
On last flyleaf: Louis de Rohan, Comtede Rochefort.
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Giovanni Batista Guarini Manuscript Collection
- Subtitle
- [Il pastor fido.] Imitation du Berge Fidele, pastorele Italiene pour...Charlote Helene Gaiant
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1963; revised by ksc, 2006. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5221843034
- Preferred citation
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Giovanni Batista Guarini manuscript, Department of Special Collections, MS C85, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository