Dangeau, Philippe de Courcilles de (1638-1720)
- Date:
- 1715
- Reference:
- MS.1722/7
- Part of:
- Collectanea: Pathology, etc. I
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Récit fait par le Marquis de Dangeau de ce qui s'est passé dans la Chambre du Roy [Louis XIV] pendant ses derniers jours de sa vie. The MS. is dated on the first page: 'Dimanche 25 Aoust [1715] à minuit dans mon appartement du Chatau [sic] de Versailles'. Produced in Versailles.
Publication/Creation
1715
Physical description
8ll 8 ll. folio. 37 x 241/2 cm.. Last blank leaf damaged and repaired.
Acquisition note
Purchased 1930.
Biographical note
The author was a historian and statesman. His 'Journal' from 1684 to 1720 was edited in 19 vols. in 1856-1860.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
Ownership note
Stamped on the first page and at the end of the text, with a small Library stamp lettered 'E.G.'.
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Identifiers
Accession number
- 55096