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| The Artifacts _Index |
| The Research _Resources _Wants |
The Books
_Royal Provenance
| Books that were once owned by, or presented to, royalty or prominent figures in history |
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1570 Spain From the Library of the diplomat and collector of paintings Nicolas de Azara (1730-1804), friend of Cardinal de Bernis, with his stamp in black ink on the title. |
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1754 France From the Library of "Madame Pampadour" Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764), with her armorials on the binding. From the library of the Earls of Haddington. |
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1791 France An order to the Royal Treasurer to pay 1,000 livres to Court dentist S. Dubois, "Dubois Dentiste de la Reine, la somme de Mille livres," as his half-yearly stipend. |
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1812 France From the Library of Marie Louise, Empress of Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte's second wife, with her monogram ML under a crown on the covers, borders with Napoleon's French Imperial Eagle repeated. |
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1812 France From the library of Elizabeth Alekseevna, Empress Consort of Alexander I of Russia, born Princess Louise of Baden, with the Royal armorial crests on the covers. Bound and stamped by TSARSKOE SELO. |
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1818 France From the library of Augusta-Amelie of Bavaria, daughter of the King of Bavaria and wife of Prince Eugene de Beauharnais (1788-1851), stamped with the Prince's crowned figure on a guard-slip and the Princess's crowned monogram, with beautiful pink silk doublures. |
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1818 France Presentation copy by the author, inscribed to the Duchesse of Istria dated 11 August 1822. |
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1824 Great Britain Presentation binding with inscription from the author to the Duchess of Clarence. |
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1833 Great Britain Presentation copy from the author to H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex with his bookplate and gold-printed silk presentation leaf bound in. |
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1833 Great Britain From the library of Princess Augusta Sophia of United Kingdom, second daughter of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Special red silk presentation binding by the author to the princess, with a silk dedication page in gold lettering bound in after title page. |
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1847 Portugal From the library of the Viscount de Campanha, with his crowned monogram in gilt on front cover, bound and presented by de Vitry the dentist to Portugese royalty including, the Duchess of Bragança, Dona Maria II Queen of Portugal, and the Prince Consort Don Fernando. |
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1859 France Specially bound and presented by the author, with his inscription, to Empress Eugenie of Paris, with gilt arms of the Second Empire on the boards. |
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1865 France Presentation binding from the author to Emperor Napoleon III |