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Receptions
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Found 2001 records
Author of work | Work | Publish year | Receiver | Gender | Reception type | Year | Country | ||
1 | Benoist, Françoise-Albine | Agathe et Isidore | 1768 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1788 | France | |
2 | Benoist, Françoise-Albine | Elisabeth, roman | 1766 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1773 | Netherlands | |
3 | Benoist, Françoise-Albine | Agathe et Isidore | 1768 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1773 | Netherlands | |
4 | Benoist, Françoise-Albine | Folie de la prudence humaine | 1771 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1773 | Netherlands | |
5 | Benoist, Françoise-Albine | Célianne ou les amants séduits par leurs vertus | 1766 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1796 | Netherlands | |
6 | Bernard, Cathérine | Inès de Cordoue, nouvelle espagnole | 1696 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1778 | Netherlands | |
7 | Bernard, Cathérine | Frédéric de Sicile | 1680 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1722 | Netherlands | |
8 | Bernard, Cathérine | Le Comte d'Amboise, nouvelle galante | 1688 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1722 | Netherlands | |
9 | Bernard, Cathérine | Les Malheurs de l'Amour, première nouvelle, Eléonor d'Yvrée | 1687 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | 1797 | Netherlands | |
10 | Bernard, Cathérine | Les Malheurs de l'Amour, première nouvelle, Eléonor d'Yvrée | 1687 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
11 | Bernard, Cathérine | Inès de Cordoue, nouvelle espagnole | 1696 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
12 | Bernard, Cathérine | Le Comte d'Amboise, nouvelle galante | 1688 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1765 | Netherlands | |
13 | Bethusy-Huc, Valeska | Die Kinder Klingströms | 1892 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | Slovenia | ||
14 | Bigot, Mary | *Meeresblume | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | Slovenia | |||
15 | Bigot, Mary | Marca | 1882 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | Slovenia | ||
16 | Blessington, Marguerite | Marmaduke Herbert, or the Fatal Error | 1847 | Sophie, Queen of the Netherlands | F | Private collection | 1860 | Netherlands | |
17 | Blessington, Marguerite | The lottery of life and other tales | Sophie, Queen of the Netherlands | F | Private collection | 1860 | Netherlands | ||
18 | Bocard de Sainte Thérèse | La Vie de Sainte Thérèse | 1880 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1774 | Netherlands | |
19 | Bocard de Sainte Thérèse | La Vie de Sainte Thérèse | 1880 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1769 | Netherlands | |
20 | Bocard de Sainte Thérèse | La Vie de Sainte Thérèse | 1880 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1778 | Netherlands | |
21 | Boccage, Anne-Marie du &&& | La Colombiade | 1756 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1780 | Netherlands | |
22 | Boccage, Anne-Marie du &&& | La Colombiade | 1756 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1765 | Netherlands | |
23 | Boccage, Anne-Marie du &&& | La Colombiade | 1756 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1764 | Netherlands | |
24 | Boccage, Anne-Marie du &&& | La Colombiade | 1756 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1777 | Netherlands | |
25 | Boccage, Anne-Marie du &&& | La Colombiade | 1756 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | 1780 | Netherlands | |
26 | Boccage, Anne-Marie du &&& | La Colombiade | 1756 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
27 | Boccage, Anne-Marie du &&& | La Colombiade | 1756 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1791 | Netherlands | |
28 | Boccage, Anne-Marie du &&& | La Colombiade | 1756 | Alorna, Marquesa d' | F | Private collection | 1770 | Portugal | |
29 | Boccage, Anne-Marie du &&& | La Colombiade | 1756 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1796 | Netherlands | |
30 | Boccage, Anne-Marie du &&& | La Colombiade | 1756 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1788 | Netherlands | |
31 | Boccage, Anne-Marie du &&& | La Colombiade | 1756 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1787 | Netherlands | |
32 | Boccage, Anne-Marie du &&& | La Colombiade | 1756 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
33 | Bodin de Boismortier, Suzanne | Histoires morales | 1768 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1773 | Netherlands | |
34 | Boëseken, Suzanna Maria | *Karakterschetsen (Character sketching) | 1850 | Sophie, Queen of the Netherlands | F | Private collection | 1860 | Netherlands | |
35 | Böhl de Faber, Caecilia | *Spaansche novellen (Spanish novels) | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | Slovenia | |||
36 | Bonhote, Elizabeth | Olivia; or, Deserted Bride | 1787 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1793 | Netherlands | |
37 | Bosquet, Amélie | Une femme bien elevee | 1867 | Sand, George | F | Private collection | 1870 | France | |
38 | Bouée, Marie-Elisabeth | Entretiens, drames et contes moraux, à l'usage des enfants | 1779 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1791 | Netherlands | |
39 | Bouée, Marie-Elisabeth | Entretiens, drames et contes moraux, à l'usage des enfants | 1779 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1795 | Netherlands | |
40 | Bouée, Marie-Elisabeth | Entretiens, drames et contes moraux, à l'usage des enfants | 1779 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1800 | Netherlands | |
41 | Bouée, Marie-Elisabeth | Entretiens, drames et contes moraux, à l'usage des enfants | 1779 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1787 | Netherlands | |
42 | Bouée, Marie-Elisabeth | Vie et lettres de Gellert | 1775 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1791 | Netherlands | |
43 | Bouée, Marie-Elisabeth | Entretiens, drames et contes moraux, à l'usage des enfants | 1779 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1798 | Netherlands | |
44 | Bouée, Marie-Elisabeth | *Pensées sur les moeurs des grands | 1790 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | 1795 | Netherlands | |
45 | Bouiller, Judith Elisabeth | Repsima, essai d'une tragédie domestique | 1767 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | 1772 | France | |
46 | Bouillon-Mancini, Marie Duchesse de | Mémoires [de Marie Mancini, Connétable de Colona] | 1678 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1749 | Netherlands | |
47 | Bourbon, I.T. de, Princesse de Parme | *Méditation chrétienne, ou retraite annuelle | 1776 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1791 | Netherlands | |
48 | Bourbon, I.T. de, Princesse de Parme | *Manuel de la jeunesse | 1773 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1791 | Netherlands | |
49 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Vernieuwing van der Evangelische Geest (Renewal of the Evangelical Mind) | 1679 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
50 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Het leven van Juff. Antoinette Bourignon (The life of miss. Antoinette Bourignon) | 1683 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1757 | Netherlands | |
51 | Bourignon, Antoinette | L'innocence reconnue et la verité découverte | 1669 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | 1735 | Netherlands | |
52 | Bourignon, Antoinette | An apology for M. Antonia Bourignon | 1699 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1749 | Netherlands | |
53 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Vernieuwing van der Evangelische Geest (Renewal of the Evangelical Mind) | 1679 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1745 | Netherlands | |
54 | Bourignon, Antoinette | La pierre de touche | 1679 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1745 | Netherlands | |
55 | Bourignon, Antoinette | Traité admirable de la solide vertu, .. | 1679 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1745 | Netherlands | |
56 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Works by Bourignon (to be specified) | 1730 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1745 | Netherlands | |
57 | Bourignon, Antoinette | La pierre de touche | 1679 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1745 | Netherlands | |
58 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Works by Bourignon (to be specified) | 1730 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | 1735 | Netherlands | |
59 | Bourignon, Antoinette | Traité admirable de la solide vertu, .. | 1679 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | 1735 | Netherlands | |
60 | Bourignon, Antoinette | La lumière née en tenèbres | 1665 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | 1669 | Netherlands | |
61 | Bourignon, Antoinette | La pierre de touche | 1679 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1787 | Netherlands | |
62 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Works by Bourignon (to be specified) | 1730 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1748 | Netherlands | |
63 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Het Getuigenis der Waarheid (The Testimony of Truth) | 1680 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1758 | Netherlands | |
64 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Leven en verdediging van de Theologie (Life and defence of the Theology) | 1680 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1758 | Netherlands | |
65 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Works by Bourignon (to be specified) | 1730 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1758 | Netherlands | |
66 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Over 't hart (About/Over the heart) | 1699 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1762 | Netherlands | |
67 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Het graf der vaalsche Theologie (The tomb of pale Theology/ The tomb of 'vaalse' Theology) | 1681 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1771 | Netherlands | |
68 | Bourignon, Antoinette | La lumière née en tenèbres | 1665 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1771 | Netherlands | |
69 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Het graf der vaalsche Theologie (The tomb of pale Theology/ The tomb of 'vaalse' Theology) | 1681 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1758 | Netherlands | |
70 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Openbare belijdenis des geloofs en religie (Public confession of faith and religion) | 1685 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1752 | Netherlands | |
71 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Leere verdedigt (Leere defends) | 1701 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1752 | Netherlands | |
72 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Antichrist ontdekt (Antichrist discovered) | 1680 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
73 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Heylzame Raatgevingen (Beneficial Advice) | 1685 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
74 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *De Nieuwe Wereld en de Nieuwe Aarde (The New World and the New Earth) | 1679 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
75 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Verblijdheid der Menschen van deezen Tijt (Joyful nature of the people of this Time) | 1679 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
76 | Bourignon, Antoinette | Traité admirable de la solide vertu, .. | 1679 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
77 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *De morgensterre (The morning star) | 1684 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
78 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Gods roepinge (God's calling) | 1682 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
79 | Bourignon, Antoinette | La pierre de touche | 1679 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
80 | Bourignon, Antoinette | La lumière née en tenèbres | 1665 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
81 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Het graf der vaalsche Theologie (The tomb of pale Theology/ The tomb of 'vaalse' Theology) | 1681 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
82 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Avertissement tegen de Quakers (Advertisement against the Quakers) | 1672 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
83 | Bourignon, Antoinette | *Academie der geleerde Theologanten (Academy of learned Theologians) | 1683 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
84 | Bourignon, Antoinette | La lumière du monde | 1679 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
85 | Boursier, Louise | Observations diverses sur la stérilité, perte de fruict, foecondité, accouchements et .. | 1642 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1744 | Netherlands | |
86 | Boursier, Louise | Observations diverses sur la stérilité, perte de fruict, foecondité, accouchements et .. | 1642 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1745 | Netherlands | |
87 | Boursier, Louise | Observations diverses sur la stérilité, perte de fruict, foecondité, accouchements et .. | 1642 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1779 | Netherlands | |
88 | Boursier, Louise | Abrégé de l' art des accouchements | 1759 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | 1795 | Netherlands | |
89 | Boursier, Louise | Abrégé de l' art des accouchements | 1759 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | 1735 | Netherlands | |
90 | Brohon, Jacqueline Aimée | Les amants philosophes ou le triomphe de la raison | 1753 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1765 | Netherlands | |
91 | Brohon, Jacqueline Aimée | Les amants philosophes ou le triomphe de la raison | 1753 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
92 | Brohon, Jacqueline Aimée | Les amants philosophes ou le triomphe de la raison | 1753 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1791 | Netherlands | |
93 | Brohon, Jacqueline Aimée | Les amants philosophes ou le triomphe de la raison | 1753 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1760 | Netherlands | |
94 | Brontë, Charlotte | Jane Eyre | 1847 | Sophie, Queen of the Netherlands | F | Private collection | 1860 | Netherlands | |
95 | Brontë, Charlotte | Jane Eyre | 1847 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Private collection | Slovenia | ||
96 | Brooke, Frances | History of Lady Julia Mandeville | 1763 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Netherlands | |
97 | Brooke, Frances | History of Emily Montague | 1769 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1793 | Netherlands | |
98 | Brooke, Frances | History of Emily Montague | 1769 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1793 | Netherlands | |
99 | Brooke, Frances | History of Lady Julia Mandeville | 1763 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1787 | Netherlands | |
100 | Brooke, Frances | History of Lady Julia Mandeville | 1763 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1794 | Netherlands |