Lettres de Madame de Sévigné, . a sa famille et a ses amis; nouvelle edition, mise dans un meilleur ordre, enrichie ... par Ph. A. Grouvelle.
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de
Category
Books
Date
1811
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3094144.2
Summary
Vol. 2 of a 12 vol. set.
Bibliographic description
Vol. 2 . 12mo.. Manuscript on free endpaper verso: 12 vols. Đ3.10.0. manuscript notes on endpapers giving translations of French vocabulary. Vol. 5 has the manuscript date 'janvier 1849' on free endpaper verso; vol. 8 has Oct 23 49; vol. 10 has 'Feburary 8 1848.. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate with monogram: or CEH (or ECH) and under this '1823-1906'. manuscript on bookplate: Wyphurst Library. Pasted above this is a booklabel,lettered: E.M. Onslow. Wyphurst in Cranleigh was the home of Sir Charles Chadwyck Healey, converted from an old farm house. The Onslow family owned estates in Cranleigh which were sold in 1815.. Binding: Nineteenth-century sprinkled calf; triple gilt ruled on boards to form border; gilt tooled on spine; marbled endpapers; title gilt lettered direct onto spine: Lettres de Sevigne. With blue ribbon bookmarks bound in.
Makers and roles
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Philippe-Antoine Grouvelle (1757-1806)