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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Monuments of the French Monarchy: Volume I
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Monuments of the French Monarchy: Volume I

publisher (active Paris, 1704 - 1752)
author (Paris, 1655 - 1741, Paris)
printer (active Paris, 1714 - 1774)
Date1729
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions44 x 30 x 6.5 cm (17 5/16 x 11 13/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.e.1.1
eMuseum ID720827
EmbARK ObjectID20604
TMS Source ID7214
Last Updated8/9/24
Description5 v. front., 306 pl. (part double, incl. ports.), 44 cm.

Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
ProvenanceNotes
Collection of Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $75 for 5 volumes on 13 September 1922.