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Pierre Villars' Memoirs of the Court of Spain

 Collection
Call Number: MS C84

Overview

Mémoires de la Cour d'Espagne depuis l'année 1678, jusqu'en l'année 1682. Leaf [1] blank, leafs [2-3] are an Introduction suggesting le marquis de Villars to be the author. Engraved portrait of Louis Hector, duc de Villars, with another version pasted on the back. Leaf [4] most of introduction, leaf [5] blank, numbered pages 1-427 text. Leaf [1-12] at the end of the volume is Tables de maitieres, leaf [13] blank. There are also two letters found laid in the volume, located at MS P196.

Dates

  • Creation: after 1682 (18th century?)

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

1 volume (1 volume + 1 folder) : Binding: 19th Century polished calf, with supra-libros of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell. Pagination: [5 leaves (2 engraved parts between 3 & 4)] 427p [13 leaves]. Ornamentation: 2 engraved portraits of Louis Hector, duc de Villars, 1653-1734 bound in (one pasted to the back of the other). Material: Paper. ; Volume measures 242 x 183 mm.

Language of Materials

French

Physical Location

MS C84

Physical Location

MS P196

Custodial History

Bookplate and supra-libros of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell (1818-1878) (as William Stirling) [both acquired before his succession in 1847].

Tipped in before the fly-leaf are an account of de Villars by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell and a note of thanks from the Due d'Aumale to Stirling-Maxwell for the loan of the manusript, dated Orleans House, April 11, 1896.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Stirling-Maxwell, 1958

Title
Guide to the Pierre Villars' Memoirs of the Court of Spain
Subtitle
Pierre Villars' Memoirs of the Court of Spain
Author
Finding aid prepared by sm, 1963. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006. Finding aid revised by ksc, 2006.
Date
2006
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0102389088
Preferred citation
Pierre Villars' Memoirs of the Court of Spain, MS C84, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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