Dublin : Printed for W. and W. Smith, P. Wilson, J. Murphy, E. Watts, W. Sleator, D. Chamberlaine, J. Potts, J. Hoye, jun., J. Williams and W. Colles, Dublin, undated but circa 1767.
(This edition probably immediately followed the 1766 London edition.)
Two volumes bound together.
Hardcover. Full brown calf, ribbed spine, spine label with gilt lettering, duodecimo, 142 + 126 pages

Very scarce copy of this English edition of the memoirs.

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour ( 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and remained influential as court favourite until her death.

Pompadour took charge of the king's schedule and was a valued aide and advisor, despite her frail health and many political enemies. She secured titles of nobility for herself and her relatives, and built a network of clients and supporters. She was particularly careful not to alienate the Queen, Marie Leszczyńska. On 8 February 1756, the Marquise de Pompadour was named as the thirteenth lady-in-waiting to the queen, a position considered the most prestigious at the court, which accorded her with honors.

Pompadour was a major patron of architecture and decorative arts, especially porcelain. She was a patron of the philosophes of the Enlightenment, including Voltaire.

Hostile critics at the time generally tarred her as a malevolent political influence, but historians are more favorable, emphasizing her successes as a patron of the arts and a champion of French pride. Art historian Melissa Hyde argues that the critics of Pompadour were driven by fears over the overturning of social and gender hierarchies that Pompadour's power and influence, as a woman who was not born into the aristocracy, represented.

Subjects: Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764.
France -- History -- Louis XV, 1715-1774.

CONDITION: Covers have shelfwear, rubbing at spine joints. Browned margins of pastedowns and endpapers. Owner’s name (Frances Homan) and 1788 date written at top of Title Page. Contents are tightly bound, complete and intact with age tanned paper, occasional small spots.