New Observations on the French Language, with Praises of Illustrious Learned Women General & Introductory Architecture Virtually illiterate

Virtually illiterate

Think Diary of a Bookseller but with quite a lot more Bernard Black

Can't you just smell that fresh-baked bread

and an incisive look at how the chain of com­mand got so kinked

New Observations on the French Language, with Praises of Illustrious Learned Women General & Introductory Architecture Virtually illiterateTwo volumes by a seventeenth century French gentlewoman and teacher, published in English for the first time. According to the few historical records that mention Marguerite Buffet, she lived her entire life in seventeenth century Paris where she taught French to aristocratic women. Buffets vivid example of proper language use in New Observations on the French Language offers a rare glimpse into the life, habits, and culture of seventeenth century