FIVE NOTEBOOKS FROM AN UNKNOWN FEMALE NORMANDY POET DIARIES POETRY FAIRY TALES NORMANDY
CLAMORGAN de TAILLEFER,
Published by NORMANDY, NORMANDY, 1858
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CLAMORGAN de TAILLEFER, Adrienne Françoise Adelaïde. a literary discovery. The works of an unknown French female poet, from the lower aristocracy. Although she never published her work. Adelaide wrote throughout her live, collecting and writing fables and legends from Normandy. All of them are unknown.
At the end of the fifth volume, she addresses the reader movingly as she recapitulates her life and expresses her ardent wish that a friendly hand ad here the time the date of my death Adrienne Françoise Adelaïde de Clamorgan, born Le Mouton de Carmesnil (1780-1860), was born in the village of Grand Hameau, municipality of Besneville (Manche). Daughter of Claude Clement of Mouton, Lord of Carmesnil, Knight of St. Louis, and of Madeleine Félicité de Beaudrap, she married in 1808 Pierre Claude François de Clamorgan (1769-1833), an amnestied emigrant, who was mayor of Besneville from 1816 until his death. It seems that these poems and legends she collected were never published.
1. Poésies diverses par Madame Adelaide de Clarmogan, nee Mouto. Besneville, 1837 ; 265p.pages with index. Notes : Incomplet et à corriger . Quarto. Cardboard binding. Also narrates conte et legends Normand.
2. Small folio. Recueil de Fables - Le Panier de Cerises, Besneville, 1837 (fables date between 1830 et 1856) 472 pages. Some corrections).
3 & 4. The basket of Cheries. 8vo. Contemporary green Buckram. Collection of fables.
Le Panier de Cerises. Besneville 1846 ; 270 pages with index. Poems dated 1833 1845.
Besneville, 1846-47 ; 241 pages [7pages index].
5. Fairy tales, various poems, Besneville, 1842 (on the first page), Carmesnil March 15, 1858 on the second title page; 284p., ending with a notice in which the author introduces herself and her husband. Describing him or her? As a bibliophile.
The last lines, dated October 9, 1858, expresses the wish that a friendly hand should add the date of my death . The hand friend granted this wish by writing:
Mrs. de Clamorgan died on October 8th, 1860. The last half of the manuscript also contains three songs with note and scores. Seller Inventory # AD21
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Title: FIVE NOTEBOOKS FROM AN UNKNOWN FEMALE ...
Publisher: NORMANDY, NORMANDY
Publication Date: 1858
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
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