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Anne Thoynard de Jouy, comtesse d?Esparbès (1739-1825) femme (1758) du comte Jean-Jacques d?
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Anne Thoynard de Jouy, comtesse d?Esparbès (1739-1825) femme (1758) du comte Jean-Jacques d?Esparbès de Lussan (1720-1810), elle coucha avec presque toute la Cour, y compris Louis XV (on la surnommait « Madame Versailles ») ; poétesse, elle tint un salon réputé. Lettre autographe signée « Thoynard d?Esparbes », Villiers-le-Bel ce lundi [23 fructidor XIII : 10 septembre 1805], à M. Porcher, avocat à Paris ; 1 page in-8, adresse. Elle se rendra à Paris mardi soir et espère l?amener ensuite à Villers-le-Bel : « Comme nous reviendrons le soir il faut partir de bonne heure mercredi. Ainsi si cela vous convient je serai à votre porte à neuf heures ou neuf heures et demie au plus tard, je me fais un vrai plaisir de passer cette journée avec vous sans parler d?affaire »...
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Anne Thoynard de Jouy, comtesse d?Esparbès (1739-1825) femme (1758) du comte Jean-Jacques d?Esparbès de Lussan (1720-1810), elle coucha avec presque toute la Cour, y compris Louis XV (on la surnommait « Madame Versailles ») ; poétesse, elle tint un salon réputé. Lettre autographe signée « Thoynard d?Esparbes », Villiers-le-Bel ce lundi [23 fructidor XIII : 10 septembre 1805], à M. Porcher, avocat à Paris ; 1 page in-8, adresse. Elle se rendra à Paris mardi soir et espère l?amener ensuite à Villers-le-Bel : « Comme nous reviendrons le soir il faut partir de bonne heure mercredi. Ainsi si cela vous convient je serai à votre porte à neuf heures ou neuf heures et demie au plus tard, je me fais un vrai plaisir de passer cette journée avec vous sans parler d?affaire »...
Letters & Autographed Manuscripts - Written by Women
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3, rue Favart
Paris
75002
France
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