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.