Transcriptions of Documents by and about Mary of Modena, made from French Government Archives, for Agnes Strickland
MSS. French b. 11-13
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Transcriptions of Documents by and about Mary of Modena, made from French Government Archives, for Agnes Strickland
Shelfmark
MSS. French b. 11-13
Summary
Transcriptions of documents by and about Mary of Modena, made from French government archives for Agnes Strickland, 1844, with annotations by her, and indications of the passages used in her Lives of the queens of England (London: 1840-8).
Date
1844
Language
French
Physical extent
3 shelfmarks
Custodial history
Possibly owned by Falconer Madan (notes by him, e.g. MS. French b. 11, fol. iv); bought by Miss Margaret Toynbee (through Quaritch), Sotheby's, 5 Jun. 1950, lot 104.
Acquisition
Given to the Library in 1981.
Subject
Queens -- England
19th century
