Francis Steegmuller papers, 1877-2012

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Series VIII: Louise d'Épinay



Box 24 Folder 5 "Monisgnor Celestino Galiani" by Fausto Nicolini. Bound Mss. (with related material about Steegmuller's A Woman, A Man, and Two Kingdoms)


A Woman, A Man, and Two Kingdoms: The Story of Madame D'Épinay and Abbe Galiani:



Box 82 Folder 1-3 A Woman, A Man, and Two Kingdoms: The Story of Madame D'Épinay and Abbe Galiani . Research and background material (notes, photocopies, letters, etc)--Includes Chronologie de la vie de Madame D'Épinay; La Famiglia e l'Eredita dell'Abate Galiani; L'Abate Galiani Consigliere di Commercio Estero del Regno di Napoli


Box 82 Folder 4 Ferdinando Galiani Dialogues sur le Commerce des Bleds. Photocopy


Box 82 Folder 5-6 Miscellaneous letters, notes, clippings re. Voltaire (letter from Jacques Barzun re "Je me tiens"); Diderot; Mme d'Épinay; Index of Names, etc.; Madame du Deffand; Madeleine de Scudéry


Box 82 Folder 7-8 A Woman, A Man, and Two Kingdoms: The Story of Madame D'Épinay and Abbe Galiani. "Documents used for the first parts of Paris chapter. Including Mozart"


Box 82 Folder 9 Ferdinando Galiani letters to his brother Berardo. Photocopies



Box 83 Folder 1-5 A Woman, A Man, and Two Kingdoms: The Story of Madame D'Épinay and Abbe Galiani. Letters and research materials.


Box 83 Folder 6 Charles Dupaty. Letters. Photocopy


Box 83 Folder 7 Bjoernstafhl. Letters. Photocopy


Box 83 Folder 8-9 Joseph Gorani. Memoires. Photocopy



Box 84 Folder 1 Fabio Colonna di Stigliano Napoli d'altri tempi. Photocopy


Box 84 Folder 2 Letters from d'Épinay to Théodore Tronchin. Photocopies and transcripts


Box 84 Folder 3 Emile Campardon. Les Prodigalités d'un Fermier Général. Photocopy


Box 84 Folder 4 Benedetta Craveri. Biographical Notes and a few notes by Francis Steegmuller on her papers


Box 84 Folder 5-6 Letters, clippings, notes, and photocopies of various publications relating to Ferdinando Galiani.


Box 84 Folder 7 Bernardo T. Tanucci . Notes, clippings, and research photocopies


Box 84 Folder 8 Letters from Colin B. Bailey re. La Live de Jully


Box 84 Folder 9-10 Lettres de L'Abbé Galiani a Madame D'Épinay. Paris: Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1903. Photocopy of Volume II, with Index.



Box 85 Folder 1 Furio Diaz. Per una soria illuministica


Photocopies of:


Box 85 Folder 2 Revue des Science Politiques, 1922


Box 85 Folder 2 Scrittori Classici Italiani di Economia Politica, 1803


Box 85 Folder 2 European Writers: Voltaire to Abdré Chénier, 1984


Box 85 Folder 2 Manlio D. Busnelli. Diderot et L'Italie, 1925


Box 85 Folder 2 Etudes Italiennes, 1932


Box 85 Folder 2 Diderot The Virtue of a Philosopher


Box 85 Folder 3 Joseph Rossi. The Abbé Galiani in France, 1930


Box 85 Folder 3 Mémories et Correspondence de Madame D'Épinay


Box 85 Folder 5 Fausto Nicolini Per una Nuova Edizione della Corrispondenza Francese Dell'Abate Galini. Napoli, 1964


Box 85 Folder 6 Scrittori Classici Italiani di Economia Politica. Parte Moderna. Tomo VI


Box 85 Folder 2 Typed notes.


Box 85 Folder 4 Miscellaneous notes and clippings


Box 85 Folder 7 Notes and clippings re. Épinay-Galini (including letter from Liliane Ziepel)


Box 85 Folder 8 Letters, 1985-89


Box 85 Folder 9 Notes, lists, etc.


Box 85 Folder 10 Clippings, articles, etc.



Box 86 Folder 1 Clippings, articles, etc.


Box 86 Folder 2 Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. Catalog, article, etc. re. Voltaire statue


Box 86 Folder 3 Photocopies of articles by John A. Marino on political economy in Naples


Box 86 Folder 4 Lettres de L'Abbé Galiani a Madame D'Épinay. Photocopy


Box 86 Folder 5-7 Photocopy of background articles for Steegmuller's The Story of Madame D'Épinay and Abbe Galiani.


Oeuvres de Mme D'Épinay:



Box 87 Tome I: Lettres à mon fils (1869)


Box 87 Tome II: Mes moments heureux (1869)


Box 87 Le Chateau de la Chevrette (1904)


Box 87 Folder 1 Galiani "Dialogues". Mss. photocopy from Harvard


Box 87 Galiani to J. Pellerin. Mss. photocopy from Harvard


Box 87 Folder 2 August Rey "Le Chateau de la Chevrette et Mme. D'Épinay" In: Revue de l'histoire de Versailles et de Seine-Oise. Photocopy



Box 88 Folder 1 Lettere di F. Galiani al Bernardo T. Tanucci. Published Firenze, 1880. Photocopy


Box 88 Folder 2-3 Lettere a Ferdinando Galiani di Fausto Nicolini. 1914. Phtotcopy


Box 88 Folder 4 Réfutation de L'Ouvrage Dialogues sur le Commerce des Bleds. Londres, 1770. Photocopy


Box 88 Folder 4 Mercure de France, Dédié ay Roi. June, 1756. Photocopy


Box 88 Folder 4 Sulla Vite e Sulle Opere di Ferdinando Galiani. Napoli 1885y


Box 88 Folder 5 L'Art de Conserver les Grains. Paris, 1770


Box 88 Folder 5 Galiani ed I Suoi Tempi Pel Saverio Mattei. Napoli, 1879


Box 88 Folder 5 Discorso Sull'Amore. Photocopy


Box 88 Folder 5 Spaventosissima Descrizione. Napoli, 1779. Photocopy


Box 88 Folder 5 Vita Dell'Abate Ferdinando Galiana. Napoli, 1788


Box 88 Folder 6 Ville D'Épinay-Sur-Seine. Madame d'Épinay (1726-1783)., 1983


Box 88 Folder 6 Galiani, Arlecchino e la nécessité de plaire



Box 89 Folder 13 Steegmuller's notes on d'Épinay-Galini



Box 90 Folder 1 d'Épinay and Galiani. Correspondence and photocopies of auction catalog entries


Box 90 Folder 2 Pages from P.N. Furbank's Diderot regarding D'Épinay and Galiani. (with letter from Alfred A. Knopf, publisher)


Box 90 Folder 3 Letters regarding the d'Épinay-Galini book, 1991


Box 90 Folder 4 Carlo Knight "Un inedito di Padre Piaggio: il diario vesuviano (1779-1795). T.ms., 1989


Box 90 Folder 5 "The Abbé Galiani 'The Laughing Philosopher'" from The American Scholar, 1988


Box 90 Folder 6 "Madame d'Épinay" Essay, notes, translation.


Box 90 Folder 7 Photographs for d'Espinay/Galaini (Harry Ford)


Box 90 Folder 8-10 Photographs and art (Chantilly) for d'Espinay/Galaini (not used)


Box 90 Folder 11 d'Espinay/Galaini. Printed reviews, articles, ads., etc.


A Woman, A Man, and Two Kingdoms: The Story of Madame D'Épinay and Abbe Galiani:



Box 95 Folder 5 Steegmuller to Jean Nathan re. salons in France and England


Box 95 Folder 6 Twelve pieces of original art (for possible inclusion in the book)


Box 95 Folder 7 Revised passages of paperback edition.


Box 95 Folder 8-12 Letters to Francis Steegmuller regarding the book.


Box 95 Folder 13-16 Clippings, advertisements, reviews, etc. re. the book



Box 96 Folder 1-4 Drafts of book, with sources


A Woman, A Man, and Two Kingdoms: The Story of Madame d'Épinay and Abbe Galiani--Manuscripts, etc.



Box 124 Folder 1-5 Chapters I-VII, and Notes, Before 1989 August, 5 folders


Box 124 Folder 6-8 Drafts, Notes, and Sources, Probably Before 1989 August, 3 folders

Appear primarily related to Part Two


Box 124 Folder 9 Miscellaneous Notecards


Box 124 Folder 10-11 Precious--Final, with Shirley Hazzard's Manuscript Notes and Corrections, Sources, 2 folders

Manuscript, with corrections


Box 124 Folder 12-16 Other Manuscript Copies, 3 items