Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1901 — Mme, Pompadour's Wonderful Library. [ARTICLE]

Mme, Pompadour's Wonderful Library.

A recently discovered catalogue of the library of Madame Pompadour, which was sold at auction in 1765, enumerates 266 theological works, 76 legal, 511 pertaining to natural history, 3,434 to belles lettres, and 4-,892 historical works.