
LARREY (ISAAC DE) Histoire d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande; avec un abregé des évènements les plus remarquables arrivez dans les autres Etats, 4 vol., Rotterdam, Reinier Leers, 1707-1697-1698, Fritsch et Bühm, 1713
£40,000 - £60,000
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LARREY (ISAAC DE)
Footnotes
FINELY BOUND FOR MADAME DE POMPADOUR, the mistress of Louis XV. A patron of the arts, she assembled a huge library, encompassing literature, history, philosophy, and many other fields. "Long before she had met the King, her friendships had extended to Voltaire as well the authors of the great Encyclopédie. When Louis XV banned its publication she persuaded him to allow private subscribers to receive their copies" (Amanda Foreman, introduction to Nancy Mitford's biography, 2001). Isaac de Larrey (1639-1719) was a Protestant historian, who fled to Holland in around 1685; there, he was appointed historiographer to the States General.
Provenance: Jean-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764), binding; her sale, 1765, lot 3185.