Source:
The Town and Country Magazine, Or, Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment, volume 6, page 640 (December, 1774), published by Archibald Hamilton, 1774; original at Harvard University
The biography:
This illustrious princess, after having viewed every thing curious at Paris, left the capital. In passing Senlis, she paid a visit to the celebrated Ninon de L'Enclos, who there resided, and who was the only woman for whom she ever testified esteem [sic]; perhaps because Ninon also despised the company of women, and in this particular justified the taste of Christina.
Above: Kristina.
Above: Ninon de l'Enclos.


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