Recueil des lettres choisies, . pour servir de suite aux Lettres de Madame de Sévigné à Madame de Grignan, sa fille.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696)
Category
Books
Date
1751
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3113719
Summary
Bibliographic description
[20],499,[5]p. . 12mo.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: Mary Lady Hervey [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. Manuscript inscription: M: Hervey [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf over boards; rebacked in calf; red morocco spine label with title "Lettres de Madame de Sévigné"; vol. number "III" lettered in gilt on spine; sewn on five raised bands.
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
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696) Françoise Marguerite de Sévigné, comtesse de Grignan (1646-1705)