1825 Journal Anecdotique de Madame Campan By M. MAIGNE

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1825 Journal Anecdotique de Madame Campan By M. MAIGNE:
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Journal Anecdotique de Madame Campan;

Ou, Conversations Recueillies dans ses Entretiens.

By M. Maigne

1825 - Paris - Chez Colburn

8.5\" by 5.5\", vi, 388pp.

DETAILS

A nice clean, bright copy.

Bound is quarter calf with marbled paper boards and gilt lettering.

First edition.

Has been rebacked.

In french.

Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan, born Henriette Genet (1752-1822) was a French educator and lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie Antoinette before and during the French Revolution.

At the age of fifteen she could speak English and Italian, and had gained so high a reputation for her accomplishments as to be appointed reader to the three daughters of Louis XV. At court she was a general favourite, and was appointed first lady of the bedchamber by Marie Antoinette. She continued to be her faithful attendant until she was forcibly separated from her at the storming of the Tuileries on 10 August 1792.

Madame Campan survived the dangers of the Terror and started a school.She died in 1822, leaving valuable Mémoires sur la vie privee de Marie Antoinette, suivis de souvenirs et anecdotes historiques sur les règnes de Louis XIV.-XV. (Paris, 1823); a treatise De l\'Education des Femmes; and one or two small didactic works, written in a clear and natural style.

CONDITION

The binding is tight and firm. There is mild wear to the extremities, including rubbing to the boards. Internally the pages are bright and generally clean with browned endpapers and a couple of spots on the first and last couple of pages. Overall the condition is very good.

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