A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Descartes, (Catherine)
DESCARTES, (CATHERINE), Niece of the famous Philosopher of that Name. Died 1700.
Distinguished herself by her wit and knowledge; writing, both in prose and verse, in a natural and elegant style. She was the friend of Mademoiselle de Scuderi. Some of her pieces are in the poetical collection of P. Bouhours—and the poems of Madame de la Suze; but her chef-d'œuvre seems to be two compositions, in which she has raised a lasting monument to the memory of her uncle. The first is called La Relation de la Mort de Descartes, part in verse, part in prose; the latter, l'Ombre de Descartes.
Mrs. Thicknesse.