The Private Life of Lewis XV: Volume II

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

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 12 x 3 cm (6 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number8.a.2.2

eMuseum ID717548

EmbARK ObjectID23549

TMS Source ID8489

Last Updated8/9/24

Description4v. ; 12⁰.

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.