Francoise Marie Gabrielle Delecey de Changey children's book (Addition 52) 2024-0091

Containers:
Box 11, Folder 7
Creator:
Musinsky Rare Books
Scope and content:

This addition to MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building contains one handmade picturebook of hand-colored engraved cutouts. A later inscription on the front pastedown reads, "Fait par la baronne de Chalancey née Delcey pour as fille Clémence devenue Ctsse d' Esclaibes d'Hurst." The book was was created by the Baroness de Chalancey for her little girl Clemence, born in 1797.

Francoise Marie Gabrielle Delecey de Changey, who went under the nickname Fanny, was born in 1769 in Langres, Haute-Marne; she married Baron Jean-Francois Bichet de Chalancey in 1791, whose chateau in Chalancey was 30 kilometers from Langres. Their first child, a boy, died in 1796 at four; a daughter, Clemence, was born the following year. Fanny lived to age 77, and Clemence survived her mother by 20 years.

The book starts with la maison, the home, and it shows people, trades, activities, places, architectural details, animals, concepts, fictional characters, and various household people in various activities.

Language:
English French

Access and use

Location of collection:
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