Recueil des lettres de Madame Sévigné.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696)
Category
Books
Date
1801
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3173707
Summary
Bibliographic description
10v.,plates. ill.., ports... 12mo. Provenance: inscription in v.1 "To Lady Elizabeth Foster from her very aff. Fred Foster Paris 1803[?]' [i.e. to Lady Elizabeth Foster, nee Hervey (1757-1824), later Duchess of Devonshire, possibly from her son Frederick (1777 - 1853) ] and in v.10 'E:F: from F.J.[?].F Paris ...1802' Binding: nineteenth-century full sprinkled sheep; all edges red; recessed cords; gilt-lettered on labels 'Lettres de Sevigne' (some wanting)
Makers and roles
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696) , author Françoise Marguerite de Sévigné, comtesse de Grignan (1646-1705) , correspondent