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Title:
Joseph François Chalard Translations of Four Novels by Alessandro Verri
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/jh343x36c
Dates:
1810-1838
Size:
1 box
Storage Note:
Firestone Library (scamss)
Boxes B-001320
Language:
French

Abstract

Consists of Joseph François Chalard's manuscript translations of four novels by the Italian author Alessandro Verri (1741-1816) into French, including "Les aventures de Sapho, poétesse de Mitylène" (Le avventure di Saffo poetessa di Mitilene), "La vie d'Erostrate" (La vita di Erostrato), and parts 1 and 2 of "Les nuits romaines au tombeau des Scipions" (Notti romane al sepolcro degli Scipioni).

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Consists of Joseph François Chalard's manuscript translations of four novels by the Italian author Alessandro Verri (1741-1816) into French, including "Les aventures de Sapho, poétesse de Mitylène" (Le avventure di Saffo poetessa di Mitilene), "La vie d'Erostrate" (La vita di Erostrato), and parts 1 and 2 of "Les nuits romaines au tombeau des Scipions" (Notti romane al sepolcro degli Scipioni). The manuscripts are written in brown ink in a single hand, with title pages for each work and chapter, and are bound into two volumes that bear the spine label "Oeuvres de Verri." The second volume also contains a brief biographical note about Chalard, which was written by his nephew and inserted after the translator's death. The translations appear to be unpublished.

Collection Creator Biography:

Chalard, Joseph François (1768-1852)

Joseph François Chalard (1768-1852) was a French notary with an interest in literature who translated the works of Alessandro Verri and Alexander Pope. He was born in Paris and died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.

Collection History

Acquisition:

Purchased from Bernard Quaritch LTD in 2019 (AM 2019-121).

Appraisal

No materials were removed from the collection during 2019 processing.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Kelly Bolding in May 2019. Finding aid written by Kelly Bolding in May 2019.

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Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

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Credit this material:

Joseph François Chalard Translations of Four Novels by Alessandro Verri; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/jh343x36c
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
Firestone Library (scamss)
Boxes B-001320