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Memoirs of the Marchioness of Pompadour Written by herself. Wherein are displayed the motives of the wars, treaties of peace, embassies, and negotiations, in the several courts of Europe: The Cabals and Intrigues of Courtiers; the Characters of Generals, and Ministers of State, with the Causes of their Rise and Fall; and, in general, the most remarkable Occurrences at the Court of France, during the last twenty Years of the Reign of Lewis XV. Translated from the French. In two volumes.

Title
Memoirs of the Marchioness of Pompadour [electronic resource] : Written by herself. Wherein are displayed the motives of the wars, treaties of peace, embassies, and negotiations, in the several courts of Europe: The Cabals and Intrigues of Courtiers; the Characters of Generals, and Ministers of State, with the Causes of their Rise and Fall; and, in general, the most remarkable Occurrences at the Court of France, during the last twenty Years of the Reign of Lewis XV. Translated from the French. In two volumes.
Publication
London : printed for P. Vaillant, in the Strand; and W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street, MDCCLXVI. [1766]

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Additional Authors
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764.
Description
2v.; 12⁰.
Uniform Title
Mémoires de Madame la marquise de Pompadour. English.
Subject
  • Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764
  • France > History > Louis XV, 1715-1774
Note
  • Not in fact by Madame de Pompadour.
  • Sometimes attributed to Claude-Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon and to Marianne Agnès Pillement, Dame de Fauques.
  • A translation, sometimes attributed to Samuel Johnson, of 'Mémoires de Madame la marquise de Pompadour'.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642113573
  • ECCO1-N11307
Title
Memoirs of the Marchioness of Pompadour [electronic resource] : Written by herself. Wherein are displayed the motives of the wars, treaties of peace, embassies, and negotiations, in the several courts of Europe: The Cabals and Intrigues of Courtiers; the Characters of Generals, and Ministers of State, with the Causes of their Rise and Fall; and, in general, the most remarkable Occurrences at the Court of France, during the last twenty Years of the Reign of Lewis XV. Translated from the French. In two volumes.
Imprint
London : printed for P. Vaillant, in the Strand; and W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street, MDCCLXVI. [1766]
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, N11307.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764.
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