Research Catalog
Manuscript journals of Eugénie de Vergès
- Title
- Manuscript journals of Eugénie de Vergès, 1790-1841
- Author
- Vergès, Eugénie de, 1774-1843.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz BND-MSS (Vergès, E.) | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
Details
- Description
- 2 volumes; 18-23 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Commonplace books.
- Account books.
- Poetry.
- Note
- Pforzheimer Manuscript (MISC 4401).
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- Pforz BND-MSS (Vergès, E.)
- OCLC
- 962037226
- Author
- Vergès, Eugénie de, 1774-1843.
- Title
- Manuscript journals of Eugénie de Vergès, 1790-1841
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- 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.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Pforz BND-MSS (Vergès, E.)