The Private Life of Lewis XV: Volume III

author Mouffle d'Angerville (Guéret, 1728 - 1795, Paris)

printer Robert Marchbank (active Dublin, 1746 - 1801)

translator J.O. Justamond (British, 1737-1786)

subject Louis XV, King of France (Versailles, 1710-1774, Versailles)

Date1781

Place MadeIreland, Europe

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions17.5 x 11 x 3.5 cm (6 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number8.a.2.3

eMuseum ID717831

EmbARK ObjectID23548

TMS Source ID8488

Last Updated8/9/24

DescriptionVol. 3 of 4 volumes ; 12°

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.

MarksNotes

Bookplate (inside front cover, center): Sam.L P. Gardner's
Printed in black ink (front flyleaf, center): Samuel Gardner.

ProvenanceNotesIn the collection of Samuel Pickering Gardner (1767-1843), grandfather of Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband, John Lowell Gardner, Jr. (1837-1898).
Likely by inheritance to John Lowell Gardner, Jr. after 1843.