BIB_ID
80131
Accession number
MA 777
Creator
Du Barry, Jean-Baptiste, comte, 1723-1794.
Display Date
1775 Aug. and Dec.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 v. (38 p.) ; 11.5 x 16.8 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 while most pages record gains, there is a notable loss of 4497 francs recorded on 18 August. Unused pages are cancelled with a diagonal stroke.
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