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Marriage contract of Claude de Luzines and Anne Marguerite Gillet : Versailles, 1768 Jan. 10.

BIB_ID
121273
Accession number
MA 616 C
Display Date
1768 Jan. 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description
1 item (10 p.) ; 33.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of five marriage contracts (MA 616A-E). Each contract is bound separately and described in a separate catalog record; see record for MA 616 for more information.
Signed by Louis XV; Jacques-Ange Gabriel (architect of the Place de la Concorde); Louis XV's daughters Adelaide, Victoire, Sophie, and Louise Marie; the Duc de Rohan (a marshal of France); Charles-Philippe, comte d'Artois (later Charles X); Louis-Stanislas-Xavier, Comte de Provence (later Louis XVIII); and others.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York dealer Edmond F. Bonaventure, 1904.