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Description

1. 2 volumes; 18-23 cm

Summary

1. The larger of the two volumes (89 manuscript pages; 77 total leaves + 4 loose manuscript inserts) is a commonplace book containing original poems, translations, and notes on a variety of subjects. On the front paste-down is a contemporary note ("Ouvrages de Mlle Eugénie Choppin, depuis Mde. Devergès, faits depuis l'anée 1790") and the large engraved stationer's ticket of De Lermoy, Versailles. The smaller volume (40 manuscript pages; 75 total leaves) is chiefly devoted to accounts and contains entries from 1811 to 1840; with the stationer's ticket of Niodot, Place du Vieux Louvre. Both volumes in contemporary green boards.

Subject

1. French poetry > 19th century > Manuscripts > Specimens
2. Poetry
3. Account books
4. French poetry > 18th century > Manuscripts > Specimens
5. Commonplace books

Genre/Form

1. Commonplace books.
2. Account books.
3. Poetry.

Call number

1. Pforz BND-MSS (Vergès, E.)

Note

1. Pforzheimer Manuscript (MISC 4401).

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Biography (note)

1. Eugénie de Vergès, née Choppin d'Arnouville. She was born on September 13, 1774 to René Choppin d'Arnouville, chevalier, a counsellor to Louis XV and president of the Cour des Monnaies; and his wife, Marguerite-Élizabeth de Chazot. On February 4, 1793, in Paris, she married Jacques-Claude de Vergès. Their first son, Marie Fortuné (1794-1864), was a notable civil engineer; their second son, Adolphe Florimond (1795-1875), was a councillor at the Cour de Cassation. Eugénie de Vergès died on April 4, 1843.

Author

1. Vergès, Eugénie de, 1774-1843.

Title

1. Manuscript journals of Eugénie de Vergès, 1790-1841

Access

1. Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Eugénie de Vergès, née Choppin d'Arnouville. She was born on September 13, 1774 to René Choppin d'Arnouville, chevalier, a counsellor to Louis XV and president of the Cour des Monnaies; and his wife, Marguerite-Élizabeth de Chazot. On February 4, 1793, in Paris, she married Jacques-Claude de Vergès. Their first son, Marie Fortuné (1794-1864), was a notable civil engineer; their second son, Adolphe Florimond (1795-1875), was a councillor at the Cour de Cassation. Eugénie de Vergès died on April 4, 1843.

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1. Request Access to the Pforzheimer Collection

Research call number

1. Pforz BND-MSS (Vergès, E.)