BIB_ID
124736
Accession number
MA 752.1-29
Creator
Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719.
Display Date
1667 Oct. 7-1719 Mar. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 v. (29 items), bound : ill. (ports.) ; 43.6 cm
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.
Summary
Collection consists of letters from Madame de Maintenon to recipients including her brother Charles, Comte d'Aubigné; Claud-Maur d'Aubigné, Bishop of Rouen; Bernardin Gigault de Bellefonds; Charles-François des Moustiers de Mérinville, Bishop of Chartres; and unidentified recipients. The collection also includes two autograph notes by Madame de Maintenon and related letters from an unidentified writer to Charles, Comte d'Aubigné; Marie-Jeanne d'Aumale to Claud-Maur d'Aubigné; Marie Madeleine de Glapion des Routis to Claud-Maur d'Aubigné; and Bonne de Pons, Marquise d'Heudicourt to Madame de Maintenon. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 752.1-29).
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