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Memoirs of Miss Quinault Elder (from the Comédie-Française) 1836

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LAMOTHE-LANGON (Etienne-Léon de)]
Memoirs of Mademoiselle Quinault elder (of the Comédie-Française), Duchess of Nevers [sic], knight of the Royal Order of Saint-Michel. From 1715 to 1793.
Paris, Ch. Allardin 1836. in-8, [4]-386 pp., torn binding (deserves a nice binding).
Marie-Anne Quinault (1695-1791) did indeed exist: she made her debut at the Comédie Française on January 1, 1714, before embarking on a broad career which better suited her temperament. But these Memoirs are a creation of the more than fertile imagination of the polygrapher Lamothe-Langon, an assembly-line manufacturer of souvenirs. This production did not meet readers’ expectations: planned in four volumes, it was limited to two volumes.

Very rare

LAMOTHE-LANGON (Etienne-Léon de)] Memoirs of Mademoiselle Quinault elder (of the Comédie-Française), Duchess of Nevers [sic], knight of the Royal Order of Saint-Michel. From 1715 to 1793. Paris, Ch. Allardin 1836. in-8, [4]-386 pp., torn binding (deserves a nice binding). Marie-Anne Quinault (1695-1791) did indeed exist: she made her debut at the Comédie Française on January 1, 1714, before embarking on a broad career which better suited her temperament. But these Memoirs are a creation of the more than fertile imagination of the polygrapher Lamothe-Langon, an assembly-line manufacturer of souvenirs. This production did not meet readers’ expectations: planned in four volumes, it was limited to two volumes. Very rare