SCUDÉRY Madeleine de (1607-1701) romancière, l'une des plus célèbres Précieuses. L.A.S. "Madeleine de Scudery," June 4 [1695?]; 1 1/2 pages in-4. "As you, Monsieur, have inherited the property of the late Abbé de St. Vincent [Jean-Baptiste BOISOT (1639-1694)] I believe I must send you everything I would have given him if he had lived. I therefore send you some verses that I have given and with a stone engraved in very curious relief, which S.M. received with his usual kindness.