Journal de Madame du Deffand, 1779 July 1-1780 September 10.
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Description
- Title
- Journal de Madame du Deffand, 1779 July 1-1780 September 10.
- Creator
- Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780
- Contributor
- Wiart, Jean Francois.
- Abstract
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Madame du Deffand's diary, written in the hand of Jean-Francois Wiart, she having lost her sight in 1754, for the last months from July 1779 to September 1780 in which she records details of her dinner engagements with her circle of friends, the entries ending less than two weeks before her death on September 23. She also makes note of who she has corresponded with that day and records details of interest to her about 01the news contained in the letters she receives or events of the day
- Description
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Marie Anne de Vichy Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697-1780), was married at 21 to her kinsman, Jean Baptiste de la Lande, marquis du Deffand. The marriage resulted in a separation as early as 1722. However, her intelligence, cynicism, and wit gained her such friends as Voltaire, Montesquieu, Fontenelle and Madame de Staal-Delaunay, the president Henault, and D'Alembert. The principal friendships of her later years were with the duchesse de Choiseul and with Horace Walpole. She died on September 23, 1780, leaving her papers to Walpole.
In French.
Title from cover.
Final 206 pages blank. Bound in green vellum.
Formerly classed as: 49 2545 II. - Provenance
- Part of the ms. collection bequeathed by Madame du Deffand to Horace Walpole. Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, 1842, to D.O. Dyce-Sombre whose nephew, W.R. Parker-Jervis, sold it in 1920. Acquired by W.S. Lewis in 1933.
- Extent
- 1 20 cm. v. ([76], [206] p.) ;
- Language
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French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL MSS 11 Box 8
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Diaries
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
- France
- Subject (Name)
- Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780.
- Subject (Topic)
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Women
Conduct of life
Authors, French
Social life and customs - Subjects
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Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780
Women > Conduct of life
Authors, French > 18th century
France > Social life and customs > 18th century
Dyce-Sombre, David Ochterlony, 1808-1851 > Ownership
Parker-Jervis, William Robert, 1841-1919 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- a Journal de Madame du Deffand, 1779 July 1-1780 September 10. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 1738917
- Object ID (OID)
- 17321437
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