JOURNAL ANECDOTIQUE DE MADAME CAMPAN;; or, Conversations recueillies dans ses entretiens. Par M. Maigne. Suivi d'extraits de sa correspondance, ses penees sur l'education, &c. &c.
Paris, et Londres: Colburn, 1825. First edn. 8vo, pp. 388. Bound in leather-backed marble boards, library bookplate, a very nice copy. Item #14355
Campan (1752-1822) was a French educator and companion of Marie Antoinette. She had been associated with the court from 1767 when she was hired as reader to the Princess. She was first lady of the bedchamber and was the Queen's faithful companion until the sacking of the Tuileries. She later established a school in St. Germain which emphasized the training of women in domestic economy. In 1805, she was named by Napoleon as head of a school at Ecouen for the orphaned daughters of The Legion of Honor. She retained this position until Napoleon was deposed and was largely neglected until her death in 1822.
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