| Surname | Constant | ||
| First Name | César | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Place of birth | Lausanne | ||
| Place of death | Lausanne | ||
| Year of birth | 1777 | ||
| Year of death | 1868 | ||
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| Religion | Protestant | ||
| Place(s) of activity | Lausanne, Mézery (VD) | ||
| Century | 18 / 19 | ||
| Biographical information | Son of Samuel-Henry Constant and Henriette-Marie de Saussure. He married Sophie-Marie-Antoinette Rosset in 1802. After her death, he married Jeanne-Albertine Barbey in 1834. With his first wife he had a daughter, Antoinette-Cécile-Frédérique-Henriette (1802—1833); while with his second, he had two sons and two daughters: Aimé (1832), Albertine (1834), Henri (1841) and Phanie (1844). He also had an illegitimate daughter (born 1810) by the name of Julie Romay. He studied in Leipzig then lived in Lausanne. His income came via the interest on his capital and from his land. | ||
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| Period writen | 12 July 1794 - 31 December 1800 | ||
| Period covered | 12 July 1794 - 31 December 1800 | ||
| Format / Language | Autograph, French | ||
| Physical description | 4 small pocket books, 1) 9 x 12 cm, 62 p.; 2) 11.5 x 8.8 cm, 104 p.; 3) 10.5 x 16 cm, 92 p.; 4) 8 x 12 cm, with clasp, almanach "Peacock's Polite Repository or Pocket Companion. Containing An Almanack,..." 104 numbered pages. |
| Content | These four little notebooks concern the author's travels in Switzerland (the Vallée de Joux, Brenets); Germany (Hamburg, Berlin, Saxony); and England (London, Bath). He describes landscapes, the people he met and comments on the art, architecture and natural-history cabinets he saw. Sometimes he mentions the inns where he ate and spent the night. The fourth notebook is a printed English diary in which he records his daily activities since departing from Hamburg. Essentially, he occupied himself with maintaining his position in high society (walks, dinners, trips to the theater). He also stayed for a short time in the town of Bath. |
| Place of deposit | ACV |
| Classification | P Constant Cf 1 |
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| Author | FF |
