1. Add MS 8760
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8760
- Title:
- MEMOIR AND PAPERS RELATING TO CARDINAL LOUIS DE ROHAN; 1786. French, Italian, and Latin. Copies. Memoir and papers relating to the legal proceedings against Cardinal Louis René Edouard de Rohan, bishop of Strasbourg, in the so-called Affair of the Diamond Necklace (1785-1786) at the court of King Louis XVI of France. The Cardinal was acquitted of guilt, but lost his office of Grand Aumônier and was exiled from Paris. The Memoire and other papers included in the MS. are also hand-copied in a ...
- Scope & Content:
- Heraldry: Armorial binding of Pius VI: 1786-1799. Pius VI; Pope: Papers rel. to Card. de Rohan: 1786. Bindings ITALIAN: Red morocco, gilt-tooled armorial binding of Pius VI Braschi: 1786-1799. Louis XVI of France: Memoir and papers rel. to the trial of Card. de Rohan: 1786: Fr., Ital., and La...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1786
- Extent:
- 1 item