"Caractères de plusieurs personnes de la haute Société de Vienne".

8vo (20 x 17,5 cm): [7 ff.], on paper, in French (last. f. loose, browned, some soiling).

Sewn.

Curious and interesting sm. manuscript portraying prominent figures of the Viennese court: the Count de Thiennes "est d'une fort joli [sic] tournure rempli de douceur"; the Princesses Flore and "Féfé" de Ligne "sont deux graces [...] aimables, jolies et modeste [sic]"; Maria Theresa "a de l'esprit, une figure malheureuse [...] est capricieuse, jalouse [...] aimant de gouverner [...]", etc.
Joined, 5 doc.: 3 quires of a ms. French book or courses on rhetoric (copy?),- 1 quire in Latin titled "Precepta aliquot de Constructione Pironibus ediscenda",- 1 ms. letter in French. (6 pcs)