Lettres de Madame de Sévigné, . de sa famille et de ses amis. Avec trois portraits et trois fac-simile. ...
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de
Category
Books
Date
1818
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3086106
Summary
Bibliographic description
12v.,[6] plates (some folded) . ports.. . 12mo.. Incomplete: vols. 1-10 only.. Provenance: Binding stamp combining the Hervey and Upton arms [Frederick William Hervey (1769-1859), 1st Marquess of Bristol m.1798 Hon. Elizabeth Albana Upton (1775-1844)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full tan leather binding; triple gilt fillet border; gilt armorial centrepiece; Twentieth-century rebacked spine gilt decorated and black spine labels lettered: "Lettres de Sevigne. 1818".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de