Catalogue de la bibliothèque de feue Madame la marquise de Pompadour.

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Title

Catalogue de la bibliothèque de feue Madame la marquise de Pompadour.

Coverage

Paris

Publisher

J.-T. Hérissant & fils

Date

1765

Description

The library of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour (1721–1764), was auctioned on February 12, 1765. The library of Madame de Pompadour, the ambitious paramour of King Louis XV of France and host to one of the leading Parisian salons of the day, included a great many novels and volumes of French poetry, but it was also strong in history, biography, philosophy, and music, and there were substantial numbers of manuscripts and prints.

Source

Purchased from the Harper Fund.