Catalog of the library at LaGrange, 1822.

ArchivalResource

Catalog of the library at LaGrange, 1822.

A catalog of the contents of Lafayette's library at LaGrange. The catalog is in manuscript form with removable title slips placed into cardboard panels. All of the titles are in French and are organized by literature type.

1 volume.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6720206

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m82zx (person)

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...