Literary and Moral Conversations on Celebrated Women
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Literary and Moral Conversations on Celebrated Women
Original title :Causeries littéraires et morales sur quelques Femmes célèbres :1837
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DESCHAMPS, Emile. Original edition. Paris: Bibliothèque Universelle de la Jeunesse, 1837. In-12°. 321 pages with 5 portrait plates outside text. Fine half-leather binding with gilt edges and light foxing. Illustrated portraits by Challamel. Contents include biographical essays on notable women: Odette de Champdivers (Devotion), Blanche de Castille (Maternal Love), Jeanne d'Arc (Heroism), Jane Gray (Resignation), Clémence Isaure (Poetic Inspiration), Catherine…
DESCHAMPS, Emile. Original edition. Paris: Bibliothèque Universelle de la Jeunesse, 1837. In-12°. 321 pages with 5 portrait plates outside text. Fine half-leather binding with gilt edges and light foxing. Illustrated portraits by Challamel. Contents include biographical essays on notable women: Odette de Champdivers (Devotion), Blanche de Castille (Maternal Love), Jeanne d'Arc (Heroism), Jane Gray (Resignation), Clémence Isaure (Poetic Inspiration), Catherine (Sanctity), Olympe de Ségur (Conjugal Love), Madame de Sévigné (Wit), Madame de Maintenon (Character), Prascovie Lopouloff (Filial Piety), and Madame d'Altenheym (Gabrielle Soumet). Includes introduction and account of the Saint-Louis Institution founded by Mmes Barthélemy and de Boissieux.
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