Henriette Bourdic-Viot (1746–1802)

"Scarce first edition of this Éloge, written in defence of Montaigne, by Marie-Anne-Henriette Payan de l’Estang, épouse Bourdic, puis Viot (1746-1802). ... The Éloge de Montaigne is her only separately published work and was published not long before her death at La Ramiere, near Bagnols, in 1802. OCLC records copies in North America, at Toronto, McGill, Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Northwestern." (Pickering & Chatto, cat. 799, lot 20). COPAC lists copies at the BL and Univ's Cambridge and Oxford.… (more)