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D'Orsay, Anna-Quintina-Albertine 'Ida' Grimod (1802-1882) Education of a 19th Century French Noblewoman, Manuscript on Paper.
Pisa, circa 1827.
Quarto, signed on front free endleaf, "Ida de Guiche, Pise, 1827," consisting of approximately 200 pages of wove J. Whatman paper watermarked 1825, with about half of the pages inscribed in a neat script that matches the signature in French, the text covers a variety of topics including world and art history; bound in full red straight-grained morocco, tooled in gilt, with custom tooling on front board that reads "Duchesse de Guiche"; all edges gilt; rebacked; contents nicely preserved; 8½ x 7 in.
Ida Guiche was the younger sister of Bonapartist and dandy Alfred d'Orsay (1801-1852), the sartorial inspiration for The New Yorker magazine's mascot, Eustace Tilley. Although only about 27 at the time she worked on this book, de Guiche was married at the age of 16 to Héraclius de Gramont, 9th Duke of Gramont (1789-1855), she had already given birth to five children. She had a total of six children who survived infancy and named them all either Antoine or Antonia.
