BIB_ID
432513
Accession number
MA 23402
Display Date
France, 1748.
Credit line
Donated by Mrs. Jayne Wrightsman in honor of Mrs. Annette de la Renta.
Description
1 item (66 pages), bound ; 14.2 x 9.4 cm
Notes
Title and date from title page.
At foot of title-page, immediately below date, "par L.P. Vallain", probably the French writing master Louis Pierre Vallain, who was received as master into his profession in 1744 and died in 1799.
Written in black and red ink, with a full-page illustrated frontispiece executed in black ink and ink wash, with frontispiece title: "Livre de prieres à l'usage de son Altesse Sérénnissime Monseigneur Le Prince de Condé".
At foot of title-page, immediately below date, "par L.P. Vallain", probably the French writing master Louis Pierre Vallain, who was received as master into his profession in 1744 and died in 1799.
Written in black and red ink, with a full-page illustrated frontispiece executed in black ink and ink wash, with frontispiece title: "Livre de prieres à l'usage de son Altesse Sérénnissime Monseigneur Le Prince de Condé".
Provenance
Louis Joseph, Prince de Condé; Jayne Wrightsman (1919-2019), New York.
Summary
Manuscript composed of an illustrated frontispiece, title page, and 66 numbered pages of prayers, hymns, and devotional texts intended for the use of the young Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de Condé.
Housed in
Housed in red morocco clamshell box.
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