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Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715

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Louis, king of France, 1643-1715. From the description of [Documents and letters] 1665-1705 / Louis. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 259485448 Louis XIV was king of France between 1643 and 1715. From the description of Louis XIV decree, 1665. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 190570499 A lawyer in New Orleans, Louisiana, Edward Alexander Parsons (1878-1962) married and had at least one daughter. A bibliophile, he briefly...

Tencin, Pierre-Guérin de 1679-1758

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French cardinal. From the description of Letter signed : Versailles, to the "Prince uc des Deux Ponts", 1744 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580933 ...

Sala, Pierre, approximately 1457-1529

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Epithet: valet de chambre of Louis XII, antiquary and writer Title: Seigneur de l'Anticaille British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000347.0x0002c9 ...

Vaucanson, Jacques ˜deœ 1709-1782

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French physiologist. From the description of Letter, 1773 May 1. (Stanford University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122510759 ...

Demiege

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Arago, F. (François), 1786-1853

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French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician. François Arago contributed to major discoveries concerning electromagnetism, light polarisation and velocity, the meridian arc length of the earth, and the standardisation of the metric system. From 1830 he was director of the Paris Observatory. Arago also served several roles in government, including a short period as the prime minister of France. From the description of Letter of François Arago written to Louis de Freyci...

Blain

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Chapuis.

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Dumont

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Epithet: French Resident at Danzic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x00029c Epithet: of Add MS 32936 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x00029d ...

Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste, 1670-1741

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French dramatist and poet. From the description of Le désespoir amoureux : autograph manuscript : [France], undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270658037 From the description of Ode VI : autograph manuscript : [France], undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270658040 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Vienna, to [the Marquise de Villette?], 1716 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270658033 Jean Baptiste Rousseau was a French poet a...

Chaussonnet

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Guillon, Aimé, 1758-1842

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French historian and writer, born in Lyon. Became a priest in 1782, refused to take an oath of loyalty to the state during the Revolutionary period, then fled to Switzerland. Returned to France after the Terror, and in 1797 published "Histoire du Siège de Lyon, " a pro-Royalist work, and a year later published a pamphlet, "Etrennes aux amis du 18 fructidor, " attacking members of the government. He served a small sentence for these works, then was arrested again in 1800 for newer works, and was...

Roland de la Platière, Jean-Marie, 1734-1793

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French Revolutionary statesman. From the description of Letter signed (in the hand of Mme. Roland) : [Lyons], to an unidentified official, 1787 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657146 From the description of Letter signed : Paris, to customs officials, 1792 Nov. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657176 From the description of Letter signed : Paris, to the Commissioners of the Treasury, 1792 Oct. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657164 ...

Orosius, Paulus

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Epithet: of Add MS 11412 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000442.0x000168 ...

Lamoignon de Basville, M. de (Nicolas), 1648-1724

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Lamoignon de Basville was the second son of Guillaume de Lamoignon, first president of the Paris parliament. He served as intendant of Montauban, of Pau, of Poitiers and of Languedoc before his retirement in 1718. From the description of Mémoire sur la province de Languedoc : contenant Abregé de l'histoire de la province de Languedoc, et de ses premiers maitres jusqu'à son entière réunion à la Couronne, Chronologie des Gouverneurs, et Lieutenans generaux qui ont commandé en La...

Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, Étienne, 1772-1844

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French naturalist. From the description of Birth defects : two case histories, 1825. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553012 French zoologist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire taught at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle in Paris. From the guide to the Lectures, n.d., on the natural history of Egypt, n.d., (American Philosophical Society) From the guide to the Notes, 1825-1829, on natural history, 1825-1829, (American Philosophical Society) Geoffroy Saint-Hi...

Hoppé

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Epithet: Picture-dealer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x00019d ...

Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153

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Epithet: Abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Clairvaux British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x0000d0 ...

Mandeville, John, Sir

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 2319 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x00004a Epithet: pseudonym British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x00004b Epithet: DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x00003f ...

Soufflot, Jacques-Germain, 1713-1780

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French architects. Soufflot prepared the original design for the Church of Sainte Geneviève (the Panthéon). Rondelet was his student and successor for completing the church. From the description of Drawings, 1769-ca. 1810, by Jacques Germain Soufflot and Jean Baptiste Rondelet. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81478147 French architect. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to an unidentified recipient, 1774 Jan. 22. (Unknown)....

Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877

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Minister under Louis-Philippe, historian, and art critic. From the description of Letters & manuscript, 1848-1854. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82257487 French historian and minister of state. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to M. Cardelli, 1852 Nov. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571956 French politician and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified,...

Niel, G.-J.

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Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817

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Scots anatomist. From the description of Notes from lectures delivered by Alex. Monro, 1795-1796 : Edinburgh / taken by F.A. Murray. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31976126 Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at the University of Edinburgh, serving at first jointly with his father, Alexander Monro (1697-1767), beginning in 1755. Shortly later he went to London to further his studies. In 1757 he returned to Edinburgh to assist with lectures during an illness of his fathe...

Reys (De)

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Trélys (De)

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Gence

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Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565

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Epithet: Byzantine Emperor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x000294 ...

Dubost, ...

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Duvand

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Daunou, P. C. F. (Pierre Claude François), 1761-1840

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French politician and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the agents de subsistances, [n.d., but after 1795]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525447 ...

Lajard, Félix, 1783-1858

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French archaeologist. From the description of Letter, 1853. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79927242 ...

Ampére, André-Marie, 1775-1836

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Epithet: electrician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000923.0x0002f4 French scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Monsieur Bredin in Lyon, le 29 floreal [ca. 19 May, no year]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131692 From the description of Official transcripts signed : Paris, 1807 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132659 French mathematici...

Bernis, François-Joachim de Pierre de, 1715-1794

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D’une famille noble mais pauvre, François Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715-1794) entra à l’Académie française en 1744. Ses relations d’amitié avec Madame de Pompadour lui valurent une pension du roi et un logement au Louvre. Le 31 décembre 1751, Bernis fut nommé ambassadeur à Venise. Il y reçut le sous-diaconat du patriarche de Venise. De retour à Versailles, il fut récompensé de son activité par l’octroi de l’abbaye de Saint-Arnoult de Metz. Désigné pour l’ambassade d’Espagne, il ne rejoignit ...

Voltaire, 1694-1778

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French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to René Hérault, Lieutenant-general of the police in Paris, 1729 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872418 From the description of Autograph letter, dated : [n.p., Ferney?, n.d., ca. 1766?], to Gabriel Crammer, [n.d., ca. 1766?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873849 Voltaire, playwright. William F. Fleming, translator. Tom Fontana, adaptor. From the description of Catil...

Horace

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Maurepas

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Fleury, André-Hercule de 1653-1743

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French cardinal and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, 1716 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526933 ...

L'Épée, Charles-Michel de (1712-1789).

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Printed in Paris by H. Mousse, Pl. de Chatelet. From the description of La véritable manière d'apprendre en une heure à converser avec les sourds-muets de tous les pays civilisés; et quand on en aura acquis l'habitude, on pourra parler aussi promptement que la parole mème : finger spelling chart for the deaf, ca. 1800. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122445768 ...

Noix, La

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Belidor, M. (Bernard Forest de), 1697?-1761

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Epithet: military engineer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0003cb French military engineer. From the description of Nouvelle theorie sur la science des mines... : Ms., [ca.1756]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 214932734 ...

Vérone (De)

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Chaptal, Jean-Antoine-Claude, comte de Chanteloup, 1756-1832

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French chemist and government administrator. Chaptal was the first to teach the new chemistry formulated by Antoine Lavoisier. From the description of Cours de chimie fait par Mr. Chaptal, Montpellier, 1790-1791. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 461599876 French government official and chemist, minister of interior under Napoleon from 1801-1804. From the description of Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal letters, 1801-1804. (Cornell University Library). ...

Paulinus

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Epithet: a Sancto Bartholomaeo British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000168 ...

Conti, Louis François de Bourbon (1734-1814 ; prince de)

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Louis-François-Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Conti (1734-1814) fit la guerre de Sept Ans. Il émigra, mais rentré en 1790, il prêta le serment civique. Devenu suspect, il fut enfermé au fort Saint-Jean, à Marseille. Il recouvra la liberté en 1795, mais dut sortir de France après le 18 fructidor, par ordre du Directoire. Avec lui s’éteignit la branche des princes de Conti. Information extraite de la notice des Archives nationals de France (FRAN_NP_050448)...

Ernoul, ...

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Saint-Lambert, Jean-François, marquis de, 1716-1803

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French poet and military officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Henri Agasse, "24 [Prairial?]." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270633990 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Metz, to the Marquise de Boufflers, [1747] Apr. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270633963 ...

Cochin, Charles-Nicolas, 1715-1790

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French artist and engraver. From the description of Autograph note unsigned : [Paris?], to Monsieur Belle Le fils, [1779 Dec.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899281 French engraver. From the description of Letter, 1760 Feb. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80054502 ...

Salvandy, N.A. de (Narcisse Achille), 1795-1856

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Fils de Pierre Salvandy de Lagravère, avocat (1748-1828) et de Jeanne-Marie Goudin de Peyruse, Narcisse Achille, naquit en 1795 à Condom (Gers). Il s’engagea en 1813 dans les gardes d’honneur, prit part aux campagnes de 1813 et 1814 et entra dans les mousquetaires noirs de Louis XVIII. Maître des requêtes au Conseil d’État, Salvandy soutint la politique libérale de Decazes, combattit le cabinet Villèle, fut promu conseiller d’État par Martignac (1828), mais se démit de ses fonctions...

Sarrazin

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Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent, 1743-1794

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French chemist and government administrator, considered the founder of modern chemistry. From the description of Géographie minéralogique de la France / [par] Lavoisier et Guettard, 177-? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123487897 From the description of Géographie minéralogique de la France / [par] Lavoisier et Guettard, 177-? (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63938887 En 1775, Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier (1743-1794) fut nommé régisseur des poudr...

Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595

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Italian poet. From the description of Autograph receipt signed : Ferrara, 1574 Oct. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580487 ...

Laignel

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Fortair

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François de Neufchâteau, Nicolas Louis, comte, 1750-1828

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French statesman and writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Vicheray, to the Directoire exécutif des Vosges, 1795 Dec. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270750529 ...

La Fontaine, Jean ˜deœ 1621-1695

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000242 ...

Calvet

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Mantz, Paul, 1821-1895

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Paul Mantz was a French art critic and author. From the description of Meissonier, [1891]. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78906748 ...

Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642

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French bishop and cardinal, he served as the French Secretary of State, 1616-1618 and as the chief minister of France under Louis XIII, King of France, 1624-1642. From the description of [Note] 1627 may 14 / Armand Card de Richelieu. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 320955000 ...

Girault

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Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744

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A general outline of the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope, 1688-1744, can be found in the Dictionary of National Biography, but there are numerous biographical and critical evaluations if more detailed information is required From the guide to the Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's, De consolatione philosophiae, by Alexander Pope, ca.1703-1704, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) A general outline of the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope can ...

Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574

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Arezzo 1511-1574 Florence. From the description of Design for a Panel with a Seated Figure of Mercury [drawing]. [15--] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270753208 Italian painter, architect, and art historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to Giovanni Caccini in Pisa, 1561 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270583193 ...

Jésuites

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Ducret, ...

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Tourreau

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Prudentius, b. 348

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Epithet: of MS Facsimile 53 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x0003b4 ...

Martin, Claude, 1735-1800

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French officer in the service of the Nabob of Oudh. From the description of Autograph letters partly in French signed (2) : Lucknow, to Sir Philip Francis, 1780 Sept. 3 and 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607964 ...

Marat, Jean-Paul, 1743-1793

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French Revolutionary politician. From the description of Autograph manuscript : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129842 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Passy, to M. Quinquet de Monjour, 1790 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606889 ...

Bureaux de Pusy, J. X. (Jean Xavier), 1750-1805

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Epithet: President of the French National Assembly British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000875.0x000388 ...

Archimedes

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Rosni

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Coster, ...

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Epithet: of Add MS 4457 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x000015 ...

Petit, Pierre

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Epithet: Intendant-General of Fortifications in France British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x000114 Epithet: Mathematician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x000115 ...

Brissone

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Ussé, M. d'

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Monnoye, La

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Hainl, François, 1807-1873

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French conductor, cellist, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed George Hainl, dated : Paris, 12 March 1867, to [Léon] Escudier, 1867 Mar. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873405 ...

La Condamine, Charles-Marie ˜deœ 1701-1774

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Croation by birth, mathematian and natural philosopher, Rudjer Josip Boskovic spent most of his life in Rome and Milan, but also lived briefly in Paris and London. From the guide to the Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich papers, [ca. 1730-1786], Circa 1730-1786, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Loyer

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Louis, Dauphin of France, 1661-1711

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Le grand Dauphin, son of Louis XIV. From the description of Autograph signature to letter : Versailles, to the Cardinal Casanate, 1687 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270592144 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Versailles, 1710 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591551 Son of Louis XIV. From the description of L'abrégé de l'histoire : portion of an autograph manuscript with corrections by his tutor, Jacques Bénigne Boss...

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the foremost philosophers of the Enlightenment period. From the description of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Papers [manuscript]. [174-]-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 225564187 Swiss philosopher, writer, music theorist and composer. From the description of Collection of autograph letters : France, England, Switzerland, to various recipients, 1756-1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 714645189 From the description of Autogr...

Racine, Jean, 1639-1699

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Jean Racine, playwright. From the description of Andromache : typescript, 1987, 26 February. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122456127 From the description of Berenice : tragedy : typescript, 1988, 4 November. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122580860 William Carpenter was born in Cornwall, and matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1753. He received his B.A. in 1757; his M.A. in 1759; and his B.D. and D.D. in 1772. Fr...

Charly (De)

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Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757

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Epithet: Lieutenant -Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x000298 Horatio Walpole, first Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1678-1757), was a diplomatist and politician, the younger brother of Robert Walpole, first earl of Orford. In 1706-7 he served as secretary to General James Stanhope; from 1707 he was secretary to Henry Boyle, Lord Carleton, chancellor of the exchequer; and from 1708 to 1710 he was sec...

Orléans, Gaston, Duc d' 1608-1660

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Brother of Louis XIII. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Blois, to the Count-Duke de San Lucar, 1632 Oct. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609805 ...

Manson, ...

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Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635

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French painter and engraver portraying war scenes, genre sketches, dwarf performers, comedians (zanies) and religious themes. From the description of Triumph of the Virgin or Small Thesis : frontispiece , 1625. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863486 French painter and engraver portraying war scenes, genre sketches, dwarf performers, comedians (zanies) and religious scenes. From the description of Siege of St.-Martin-de-Ré : etching. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Mongez, 1747-1835.

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French archaeologist and writer. From the description of Letters and memoir, ca. 1763-ca. 1794. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80333586 ...

Dubois, Guillaume, 1656-1723

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Epithet: of Add MS 38889 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x0000f4 Fils d’un médecin de Brive-la-Gaillarde, Guillaume Dubois (1656-1723) fut précepteur de Philippe d’Orléans, alors duc de Chartres, qui, devenu régent, l’appela au pouvoir. Il conclut avec l’Angleterre et la Hollande la Triple puis la Quadruple Alliance contre l’Espagne (1717). Ministre des Affaires étrangères, il fit échouer la conspiratio...

Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610

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King of France, 1589-1610. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Jean, to Marshal Turenne, [no year] Nov. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270472682 Henry IV, king of France, 1589-1610. From the description of [Documents] / Henry. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 232639365 ...

Currat

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Macquer, Pierre-Joseph, 1718-1784

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Epithet: French chemist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000065 ...

Carthusians

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Mazarin, Jules, 1602-1661

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Italian by birth, Cardinal Mazarin became a French citizen in Apr. 1636, served under Cardinal Richelieu and became First Minister of France upon Richelieu's death in Dec. 1642. He remained in this position until his death, serving as co-regent with Anne of Austria for Louis XIV until his majority. From the description of [Letter] 1646 oct. 21, Paris [to] Monsieur / Je. Card. Mazarini. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 287166417 French cardinal and statesman. ...

Silvester

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Epithet: Treasurer of Lisieux British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x0002b8 ...

Brunes (De)

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Daubenton, M. (Louis-Jean-Marie), 1716-1799

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Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716-1799) was a pioneering French naturalist, member of the French Academy of Sciences, lecturer of natural history at the college of medicine (1775) and professor of zoology at the Collège de France (1778), first director of the Museum of Natural History in 1793 (formerly Jardin des Plantes in Paris). In 1742, the naturalist Georges Buffon asked him to prepare anatomical descriptions for a work on natural history (Histoire naturelle, 1794-1804), work h...

Barthez, P.-J. (Paul-Joseph), 1734-1806

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Epithet: French physician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x0003e4 ...

Duhamel du Monceau, M., 1700-1782

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Henry Louis Duhamel du Monceau was a French agronomist and botanist; Auguste Denis Fougeroux de Bondaroy was his nephew and heir. From the guide to the Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau papers, 1716-1789, 1716-1789, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Pouteau, Claude, 1724 or 1725-1775

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French military surgeon. From the description of Manuscript, undated [1772]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35282226 ...

Bignon, Jérôme, 1589-1656

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Epithet: Intendant of Picardy and Artois British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001439.0x0000f0 ...

Séguier, Pierre, 1588-1672

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Epithet: Chancellor of France Title: Duc de Villemor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000209.0x000232 ...

Dupuy, ...

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Epithet: of Add MS 32744 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x0000af ...

Parlement

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Larrey, D. J. (Dominique Jean), baron, 1766-1842

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French surgeon. From the description of Field diary in Russia : autograph manuscript signed, 1812 Feb. 4-1813 Oct. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598932 Title: Baron British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x00015f French military surgeon. From the description of Letters, 1820-1832. (Oregon Health & Science University Library). WorldCat record id: 451801634 D....

Gargas, Pierre-André, 1728-1801

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Convicted murderer who was imprisoned for twenty years, during which time he wrote a plan for universal peace which was published by Benjamin Franklin in 1782. From the description of Alfabet de la langae fransezae Republiqenae : qonsiliatrisae de l'ortografae aveq la prononsiasion fransezaez : Toulon, France, [ca. 1800]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82221629 ...