The memoirs of the Countess of Dunois, author of the Lady's travels into Spain / written by herself before her retirement, by way of answer to Monsieur St. Evremont : containing withal a modest vindication of the female sex, more frequently injur'd by imprudence and misconstruction then defect of virtue : made English from the original.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murat, Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, comtesse de, 1668-1716.

Contributor:

Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine), 1650 or 1651-1705.

J. H.

Villiers, Pierre de, 1648-1728.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Mémoires de Madame la Comtesse D***. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Saint-Evremond, 1613-1703.

Saint-Evremond.

Villiers, Pierre de, 1648-1728.

Villiers, Pierre de.

France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715.

France.

History.

France--Court and courtiers.

Courts and courtiers.

Genre:

Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- 17th century.

Autobiographies.

Penn Provenance:

Everhart, J.B. (autograph)

Warburton, G. (autograph)

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 185 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Memoirs of the Countess of Dunois.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Tho. Cockerill ..., 1699.

Notes:

Translation of: Mémoires de Madame la Comtesse D***, ou Les avantures de plusieurs grands princes de la cour. Written by Henriette Julie de Castelnau, comtesse de Murat. Cf. Bib. nat. and Barbier. Wrongly attributed to Madame d'Aulnoy by BM.

Dedication signed by the translator: J. H.

A reply to "Mémoires de la vie du Comte D***" which is attributed here to Saint-Evremond, but was in fact written by Pierre Villiers.

Advertisements: p. [186]

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.) A-4218

ESTC (RLIN) R7449

Related Work:

Villiers, Pierre de, 1648-1728. Mémoires de la vie du comte D***.

OCLC:

185063366