BIB_ID
124794
Accession number
MA 258.1-53
Creator
Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1896.
Description
1 v. (53 items), bound : ill. (ports.) ; 32.9 cm
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1896.
Summary
Collection consists of 49 letters to her niece Madame la comtesse de Caylus (MA 258.1-45, .47-50) and 1 letter to her cousin Monsieur de Villette (MA 258.46). Collection also contains the manuscript "La cassette ouverte de l'illustre Ercialle, ou, les amours de madame de Maintenoyne" (MA 258.51). Items have been described separately in 51 individual catalog records; see related records for more information.
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