French commonplace books, 1772-1775.

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French commonplace books, 1772-1775.

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Manuscript commonplace books attributed to Courtois (no first name given). One volume (1772-1773) is titled Recueil de pensees ingenieuses, tirees des auteurs du temps; the other (1775) is titled Pensees tirees de differents auteurs. Both contain mainly aphorisms and excerpts of poems, including extensive quotes from Voltaire and the playwright Louis Boissy. Vol. 1 has a table of contents at the end listing authors quoted.

2 v. ; 19 cm.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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