Dangeau, Philippe de Courcilles de (1638-1720)

Date:
1715
Reference:
MS.1722/7
Part of:
Collectanea: Pathology, etc. I
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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.

Ownership note

Stamped on the first page and at the end of the text, with a small Library stamp lettered 'E.G.'.

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).

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Accession number

  • 55096