Lettres inédites de Madame de Sévigné, copiées sur les manuscrits autographes possédés par Mr. l'abbé Barthellemé, par Mme. Lavoisier-Rumford, [ca. 1806]

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Lettres inédites de Madame de Sévigné, copiées sur les manuscrits autographes possédés par Mr. l'abbé Barthellemé, par Mme. Lavoisier-Rumford, [ca. 1806]

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Letters from Mme. de Sévigné to various friends, mainly to Mme. de Grignan, dated 1671-1690, copied by Mme. Lavoisier from manuscripts owned by Abbé Barthellemé. Also includes a copy of a letter from Mme. de Maintenon to the Duke of Richelieu (1690) and a copy of part of a letter by M. de Brancas about the first edition (published 1726) of Mme. de Sévigné's letters. Notes at bottom of some pages refer to an 1806 edition of the letters.

121 p. ; 18 cm.

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