Memoirs of the Marchioness of Pompadour: written by herself. Wherein are displayed the motives of the wars, treatises of peace, embassies, and negotiations, in the several courts of Europe : the cabals and intrigues of courtiers; the characters of generals, and ministers of states, with the causes of their rise and fall; and, in general, the most remarkable occurrences at the court of France, during the last twenty years of of the reign of Lewis XV. Translated from the French. In two volumes
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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London
Printed for P. Vaillant . . . and W. Johnston . . . .
MDCCLXVI [1766]
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In: | Year: 1766 |
Series/Journal: | (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 3758, no. 02).
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Further subjects: | B
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson marquise de (1721-1764)
B France Court and courtiers B France History Louis XV, 1715-1774 B History |
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Item Description: | Apocryphal. Not in fact by Madame de Pompadour. Has been attributed to Claude-Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon and to Marianne Agnès Pillement, Dame de Fauques. - A translation, sometimes attributed to Samuel Johnson, of the French 'Mémoires de Madame la marquise de Pompadour'. - John Adams Library copy inscribed on inside front cover, v.1: "4/6 V. 1.";BRL. - John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library;BRL. - John Adams' signature on title page, v. 2: "John Adams.";BRL |
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