[SÉVIGNÉ, MME] - [MANUSCRIT] Mémorial pour servir à la lectu - Lot 81

[SÉVIGNÉ, MME] - [MANUSCRIT] Mémorial pour servir à la lecture de la vie et des lettres de Mme de Sévigné. 1850. 1 vol. in-8. Black half calf, black percaline boards, gilt title to center board: "Mémorial-Sévigné". Manuscript divided into three parts: - diary of Mme de Sévigné's life and that of her friends and principal family members. 16pp. - coats of arms of the four de Sévigné, Rabutin, Adhémar and de Simaine families, to which have been added those of some of the friends and principal characters mentioned in the letters. 4 plates with 25 gouache shields followed by 2 explanatory sheets (with two shields drawn). - collection of genealogical charts of the same families and characters. [3] ff text, 6 large fold-out tables. This manuscript bears the monogram A. G. L. and the date 1850.