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KNIGHTLEY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. II (ff. 179).
(1) Letters from Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, autograph or signed, arranged in the order in which they have been printed in Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society, vol. xiii, nos. 2 and 3, 1871 -1872, by Lady Knightley, a draft of whose introduction to the edition is inserted as f. 1. French. Viz.:-(a) Eight letters to her niece, Marthe Marguerite de Tubières de Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, Comtesse de Caylus, on political and personal affairs, 1705-1708, n.d. The letter numbered VII in Lady Knightley's edition was also printed by A. Delanoue, Bibliothèque épistolaire (1857?), pp. 203 - 204; nos. III and VI were again printed by A. Geffroy, Madame de Maintenon d'après sa correspondance authentique, 1887, ii, pp. 55, 58, from copies then in the Alfred Morrison Collection; whilst nos. I, II, V, VI, VIII were again printed from the same copies in the Catalogue of the Morrison Collection, vol. iv, 'M', 1890, pp. 34, 35 (under 'Maintenon', no. 81, (14), (17)- (19), (22) ). ff. 2-16;-(b) Fifty-five letters to Marshal François de Neufville, Duc de Villeroy, on political affairs, 1706 - 1718, n.d. One letter, 23 Oct. 1708, which was printed as no. VIII by Lady Knightley, is now missing. Supplementary to Stowe MS. 755, f. 42. ff. 18-107b.
(2) Letter from Madame de Maintenon to 'Madame' -, possibly the Princesse des Ursins; 23 Mar. 170 7/8. French. f. 108.
(3) Letters from Anne Marie Orsini, Princesse des Ursins, autograph or signed, printed by L. Collin, Lettres inédites de Madame la Princesse des Ursins, 1806, pp. 3 - 15, 30 - 23, 48 - 129, 133 - 135, 190 - 201, and evidently used as printer's copy for this publication. French. Letters at ff. 144, 161, 173 were reprinted (see inserted notes by Lady Knightley) by A. Delanoue, op. cit., pp. 329 - 337. Viz.:-(a) Twenty letters to the Duc de Villeroy, on political affairs, 1705 -1712. ff. 110 - 171b;-(b) Two letters to Madame de Maintenon, both dated 25 Oct. 1709. Supplementary to Add. MSS. 20918-20920. ff. 173-179b.
France General: Letters of Madame de Maintenon and the Princesse des Ursins rel. to French politics: 1705-1718, n.d.: Fr.
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- ff. 1, 143, 160, 172 Louisa Mary Knightley, née Bowater; wife of Rainald Baron Knightley d. 1913: Notes by: n.d.
- ff. 2-16 Marthe Marguerite de Tubières de Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, Comtesse de Caylus: Letters to, from her aunt, Madame de Maintenon: 1705-1708, n.d.: Fr.
- ff. 2-16 Françoise d' Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon: Letters to her niece, Comtesse de Caylus: 1705-1708, n.d.: Fr.
- ff. 18-107b François de Neufville, Duc de Villeroy; Marshal of France: Letters to, from Mme. de Maintenon: 1706-1718, n.d.: Fr.
- ff. 18-107b Françoise d' Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon: Letters to Marshal Villeroy: 1706-1718, n.d.: Fr.
- f. 108 Anne Marie Orsini, née de la Trémoille, Princesse des Ursins, wife of Flavio Orsini, Duke of Bracciano: Letter to (?), from Mme. de Maintenon: 1708.: Fr.
- f. 108 Françoise d' Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon: Letter to Mme - [the Princesse des Ursins?]: 1708.: Fr.
- ff. 110- 171b passim Anne Marie Orsini, née de la Trémoille, Princesse des Ursins, wife of Flavio Orsini, Duke of Bracciano: Letters to Marshal Villeroy: 1705-1712.: Fr.
- ff. 110-171b passim François de Neufville, Duc de Villeroy; Marshal of France: Letters to, from the Princesse des Ursins: 1705-1712.: Fr.
- ff. 173-179b Anne Marie Orsini, née de la Trémoille, Princesse des Ursins, wife of Flavio Orsini, Duke of Bracciano: Letters to Mme. de Maintenon: 1709.: Fr.
- ff. 173-179b Françoise d' Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon: Letters to, from the Princesse des Ursins: 1709.: Fr.
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- Add MS 46356-46361 : KNIGHTLEY MANUSCRIPTS
Add MS 46357 : KNIGHTLEY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. II (ff. 179). (1) Letters from Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, autograph or signed,… - Hierarchy:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1705
- End Date:
- 1718
- Date Range:
- 1705-1718
- Era:
- CE
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ff. 2-107 b Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry to the Prince Consort: Owned.
- Material Type:
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- Names:
- Aubigné, Françoise d', Marquise de Maintenon
Bowater, Edward, Knight, army officer; Equerry to Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, 1787-1861
Knightley, Louisa Mary, née Bowater; wife of Rainald Baron Knightley d. 1913
Neufville, François, Duc de Villeroy, Marshal of France
Orsini, Anne Marie, née de la Trémoille, Princesse des Ursins, wife of Flavio Orsini, Duke of Bracciano
Tubières de Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, Marthe Marguerite, Comtesse de Caylus