Pierre Villars' Memoirs of the Court of Spain
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
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Conditions Governing Use
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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
Geographic
- 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
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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