BIB_ID
286160
Accession number
MA 778
Creator
Du Barry, Jean-Baptiste, comte, 1723-1794.
Display Date
1776.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 v. (162 p.) ; 11.7 x 17.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of four gambling accounts notebooks (MA 777-780) described individually.
Formerly "Barry de Cérès, Jean, Comte du, 1722-1793".
Formerly "Barry de Cérès, Jean, Comte du, 1722-1793".
Provenance
From the collections of Lord Stewart de Rothesay, Lord Pallington and Lord Orford; purchased in 1902 by Pearson; purchased by J.P. Morgan from Pearson in 1911.
Summary
Recording gains and losses at gambling. Entries are dated and note with whom du Barry was gambling and the amount gained or lost from each. Daily totals are recorded at the bottom of each page, and a notable entry from 29 January records wins of 10175 and losses of 1806 for a net gain of 8368 francs. Additionally, a calendar index with columns for gains and losses (for January through April only) was written out on the last four pages of the volume, but never filled in.
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