Record Number: 7493
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Marginalia]: 8 leaves of ms notes, in ink, in French, have been bound in at the beginning of the volume. They consist of an introduction praising those who protect and encourage the arts, including Madame la Pompadour, 'who brought fame to this series of etchings', followed by a description of each etching. There is also a single sheet, in a different hand, containing more notes related to the item.
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solitary in company unknown
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Text Being Read:
Author:Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson marquise de Pompadour
Title:Suite d'estampes gravees par Madame la marquise de Pompadour d'apres les pierre gravees de Guay graveur du Roy
Genre:Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailss.l.:s.n., [178-?]
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7493
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife, Pompadour, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, "Suite d'estampes gravees par Madame la marquise de Pompadour d'apres les pierre gravees de Guay graveur du Roy", (s.l., 178-?), ms sheets bound in, [DH LIB 1554].
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Citation:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife, Pompadour, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, "Suite d'estampes gravees par Madame la marquise de Pompadour d'apres les pierre gravees de Guay graveur du Roy", (s.l., 178-?), ms sheets bound in, [DH LIB 1554]., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7493, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
There is no provenance in the volume and no indication of whether it was bought by the Erskines with the notes already bound in.
