Giuseppe de Lama bound book of annotated poems
Overview
Bound book of poems, annotated. Fair copy (holograph?) made apparently to present to the dedicatee, "Madame la Comtesse Blanche Uggeri de la Somaglia" (Somaglia, Bianca Uggeri Capece della, 1743-1822, of Piacenza). The volume includes social verses with semi-biographical notes on the Parisians who inspired them and their own poems. There are also some political allusions.
Dates
- Creation: 1795 - 1796
Creator
- De Lama, Giuseppe, 1757-1833 (Person)
Language of Materials
French, one Italian piece, translations from English and Italian.
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Giuseppe de Lama
Guiseppe de Lama, 1756-1833, was from Parma. He had a Spanish father and a brother, Pierrin, in the service of the Duchess of Parma. de Lama traveled to Paris in 1785-1793 to broaden his mind; while there, he was introduced into the salons by the d'Argental and Pothodn families.
Extent
1 volume : Contemporary calf binding marbled with yellow, green, red; gold-tooled florid frame. Later paper labels: "Manuscritte. Prose e Versi." ; No taller than 25 cm.
Physical Location
MS C104
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Libreria Antiquaria Mediolanum.
Processing Information
Previously numbered MS Y210. Page numbers [in brackets] in this inventory are inferred; page numbers without brackets are numbered in the volume.
Subject
- Somaglia, Bianca Uggeri Capece della, 1743-1822 (Person)
- Argental, Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d', 1700-1788 (Person)
- Jolly family (Family)
- Vimeux family (Family)
- Title
- Guide to the Giuseppe de Lama Manuscript
- Subtitle
- Giuseppe de Lama bound book of annotated poems
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, January 8, 1974. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2005.
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/7645051237
- Preferred citation
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Giuseppe de Lama bound book of annotated poems, MS C104, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository