BIB_ID
352508
Accession number
MA 616 A-E
Display Date
1634-1814.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description
1 box (5 items), unbound ; size varies
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York dealer Edmond F. Bonaventure, 1904.
Summary
A collection of five marriage contracts signed by various members of the French royal family and nobility. Each contract is bound separately, and the five bound contracts are housed in a box. Contracts are described in separate catalog records (MA 616 A-E).
Housed in
Brown leather box, elaborately gilt tooled, designed to resemble a binding (37.4 cm)
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