BIB_ID
286165
Accession number
MA 780
Creator
Du Barry, Jean-Baptiste, comte, 1723-1794.
Display Date
1778.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 v. (143 p.) ; 11.4 x 17.4 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 most 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 26 July records nine gambling partners, including a loss of 20 francs from "L'Italien."
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