Papers regarding Madame Récamier

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 982 GP/3/20
  • Former Reference
      GB 982 GP6/18
  • Dates of Creation
      [ca. 1840s-1850s]
  • Language of Material
      French.
  • Physical Description
      1 notebook, 2 sheets of paper

Scope and Content

Includes a letter and a catalogue of books in a Library.

Madame de Récamier was the byname of Juliette Récamier (née Jeanne Franäoise Julie Adelaïde Bernard. 1777-1849). She was a French hostess and social figure whose salon attracted most of the important political and literary figures of early 19th Century Paris.