[Anne-Louise-Caroline de Goyon de Matignon, duchess of MONTM - Lot 372

[Anne-Louise-Caroline de Goyon de Matignon, duchess of MONTMORENCY (1774-1846). Manuscript, Recueil de chansons faites pour Madame la Duchesse de Montmorency et autres pièces, 22 décembre 1790-1800; one vol. in-4 of 213 pages, plus table, bound in contemporary fawn calf, framed with gilt fillets on the boards, smooth spine decorated with lyres. Nearly 300 song lyrics are copied here, in two columns. At the end, the songs become political: Epitre des Dames aux Emigrés, Le Serment du Champ de Mars, sur le Citoyen Égalité, etc. Among the last ones, couplets for the feast of the duchess in Munster in 1798, and couplets to the duke of Choiseul and his companions of misfortune in 1800... Another collection of verses and songs dedicated to the duke and duchess of Montmorency, 1771-1788 (in-4, ca. 80 ff, period brown marbled calf, spine decorated with fleurons). Plus another manuscript collection of songs and poems, opening with a tragi-comedy in 5 acts, Le maréchal de Luxembourg au lit de la mort (in-4, 482 p. plus table, pastiche calf binding, spine decorated).