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Book/Printed Material Portraits of the seventeenth century, historic and literary,

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Title

  • Portraits of the seventeenth century, historic and literary,

Names

  • Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, 1804-1869
  • Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, tr
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904.

Contents

  • v. 1. Cardinal de Richelieu. Duc de Rohan. Cardinal Mazarin. Duc de La Rochefoucauld. Duchesse de Longueville. Cardinal de Retz. Mademoiselle de l'Enclos. Tallemant des Réaux and Bussy-Rabutin. Abbé de Rancé. La Grande Mademoiselle. Comtesse de La Fayette. Duchesse d'Orléans. Louis XIV. Duchesse de La Vallière.--v. 2. History of the French academy. Corneille. Mademoiselle de Scudéry. Molière. La Fontaine. Pascal. Madame de Sévigné. Bossuet. Boileau. Racine. Madame du Caylus. Fénelon. Comte Antoine Hamilton. The princesse of Ursins.

Headings

  • -  France--Biography
  • -  French literature--17th century--History and criticism
  • -  Authors, French

Notes

  • -  "Taken from the 'Causeries du lundi, ' the 'Portraits de femmes, ' and the 'Portraits littéraires.'"--Translator's note.
  • -  Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975.
  • -  LAC brd 2019-02-04 update (2 cards)

Medium

  • 2 v. in 1 fronts., ports. 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • D244 .S3 1904

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04029701

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, Katharine Prescott Wormeley, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection. Portraits of the Seventeenth Century, Historic and Literary. New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/04029701/.

APA citation style:

Sainte-Beuve, C. A., Wormeley, K. P. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection. (1904) Portraits of the Seventeenth Century, Historic and Literary. New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/04029701/.

MLA citation style:

Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, Katharine Prescott Wormeley, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection. Portraits of the Seventeenth Century, Historic and Literary. New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/04029701/>.