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AUTOGRAPH letters and signatures of literary and scientific artists and savans in France and the Netherlands; 1612-1835: 1. Jacques Auguste de Thou, the historian, to Isaac Casaubon; Paris, 10 Dec. 1613. Fr. f. 2.

2. Agreement between Charles de la Rivière, Sire de la Mothe Suhard, and François Malherbe, the poet; 20 Feb. 1612. Fr. f. 5.

3. Chanson by François Malherbe. Fr. f. 7.

4. Pietro Pauolo Rubens to Palamede Fabri, Sieur de Valares; Antwerp, 16 Dec. 1627. Ital. f. 9. Nicolo Poussin to the Abbate di Cavore in Piedmont; Paris, 8 Aug. 1642. Ital. f. 11.

6. [René] Descartes, the philosopher, to [David le Leu] von Wilhelm, "Conseiller de Son Altesse [the Prince of Orange] et du conseil de Brabant;" D'Egmont, 24 May, 1647. Fr. f. 14.

7. Thomas Corneille to J. de Rohou [Jacques de Rohault or Roholt, the philosopher]; Rouen, 14 July, 1637. Fr. f. 17.

8. Pierre Corneille, the poet, to Constantine Huygens de Zuylichem, Secretary to the Prince of Orange; Rouen, 6 Mar. 1649, 28 May, 1650. Fr.; with seals. ff. 20, 22.

9. Paul Rembrandt to the same; n.d. [1638]. Dutch. f. 25.

10. François Eudes de Mezeray, the historian, perpetual Secretary to the Academy, to ; [circa 1675]. Fr. f. 27. ll. Jean Chapelain, the poet, to [Pierre Daniel Huet, Bishop of Avranches]; Paris, 23 Aug. [circa 1646]. Fr. f. 30.

12. Charles Le Brun, the painter, to the same; 28 Oct. 1666. Fr.; with seals. f. 33.

13. Nicolas Boileau Despréaux to Jean Baptiste Colbert; Paris, 5 July, 1674. Fr. f. 36.

14. Philippe de la Hire, Professor of Mathematics and Architecture in the Royal College of France, to John Hevelius, magistrate of Danzig; Paris, Nonis [5] Sept. 1685. Lat. f. 39.

15. Acquittance of Jean Baptiste Lully, "Sur-intendant de la Musique de la chambre de sa Majesté;" Faubourg St. Honoré, 24 Jan. 1687. Fr. Vellum. f. 42.

16. Jean Racine to Nicolas Boileau Despréaux; Compiegne, 4 May, 1695. Fr. f. 45.

17. "Hymne traduite du Bréuiaire Romain," by the same [circa 1655]. Printed in the Œueres complètes de J. Racine par L. Aimé-Martin, 6 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1844. Vol. iv., p. 58. f. 47.

18. Père Jean Mabillon to Hyacinthe Alliot, Abbé de Moyen-Moutiers Paris, 21 Nov. 1696. Fr. f. 50.

19. J[ean] B[aptiste Massillon], Bishop of Clermont, to [Jean Soanen, Bishop of Senez ?]; 11 Mar. [circa 1730]. Fr. f. 53.

20. Permits of [Prosper Jolyot de] Crébillon, as censeur royal, and [René] Herault, Lieutenant-General of Police, for the performance at the Théâtre Italien of a piece called "Les Revenants;" Paris, 4, 5 Aug. 1739. Fr. f. 55.

21. [Pierre Louis Moreau de] Maupertuis to ; Potsdam, 6 May, [17]31. Fr. f. 57.

22. The same to ; n.d. [1751]. Fr. f. 58.

23. [René Antoine Ferchault] de Reaumur to [François Boissier de] Sauvages de La Croix, Professor of Medicine in, and Member of the Royal Society of, Montpellier; Paris, 7 June, 1736. Fr. f. 60.

24. Abbé [Jean] Roger Schabol to ; à Villegénie chez S. A. Mdlle. de Sens, 22 Sept. 1760. Fr. f. 63.

25. François Marie Arouet de Voltaire to [Charles Jean François] Hénault, President of the Parliament of Paris; 13, 14, 15 June, 1745. Fr. Imperfect. f. 66.

26. Jean Jacques Rousseau to M. Duchesne, bookseller at Paris; Motiers, 28 Apr. 1763. Fr. f. 69.

27. Draft of an essay by the same: "De la Dissolution." Fr. Imperfect. f. 71.

28. [Horace Benedict] De Saussure to [Jean] Perdriau, Rector and Professor of the Academy of Geneva; n.d. [1768]; and Leeds, 3 Sept. 1768. Fr.; with seals. ff. 73, 75.

29. [Jean François] Marmontel to [Catherine II., Empress of Russia]; Aix-la-Chapelle, 12 Sept. [1768]. Fr. Draft. f. 78.

30. [Alexandre Guy] Pingré to Madame Barois; Brest, 7 Oct. 1771. Fr.; with seal. f. 81.

31. Antonio Rafaele Mengs to ; Madrid, 2 July, 1776. Ital. f. 84.

32. "Plan d'un Opera de la main de [Jean Pierre Claris de] Florian" [circa 1790 ?]. f. 87.

33. "Traduction de l'Ode xxxiii. d'Anacréon," by the same, f. 91.

34. Short plots for novels, stories, romances, etc., by the same. Fr. f. 92.

35. Abbé [Pierre Augustin Boissier] des Sauvages to [Jean François Séguier, Director of the Academy at Nîmes; Alais, 21 Aug. 1781. Fr. f. 95.

36. [Joseph Jérôme le François] De la Lande to [Charles Marie] de la Condamine, Member of the Academics of Paris, Berlin, London, Boulogne, etc.; with docket at the top by Condamine, "recue à Rethel le 8 F^er, 1762," etc. Fr. f. 98.

37. [Michel Jean Jérôme de] Lalande, astronomer, to [Louis Bernard Guyton] de Morveau, Chancellor and Secretary of the Académie des Sciences at Dijon; 12 Jan. 1786. Fr.; with seal. f. 100.

38. Lalande to Firmin Didot; 8 Brumaire, an 11 [30 Oct. 1802]. Fr. f. 102.

39. Abbé [Jean] Rozier to Abbé [Jean André Mongez] ?; Paris [circa 1780]. Fr. f. 105.

40. [Joseph Louis] Lagrange to , President of ; Paris, 3 Oct. an 2 [1793]. Fr. f. 107.

41. [Charles Albert] Demoustier "aux citoyens composant le comité du Théâtre des Arts;" Rue d'Enfer, 14 Frimaire, an 4 [5 Dec. 1795]; with docket at the top, as having been laid before the meeting at a séance held 25 Frimaire [16 Dec.]. Fr. f. 109.

42. [Pierre Simon] Marquis de Laplace to ; Paris, 11 July, 1797. Fr. f. 112.

43.[Etienne Pierre] Ventenat to [Jean Augustin] Capperonier and [Joseph Basile Bernard] Van Praët, Director and Treasurer of the Bibliothèque National; 8 Floréal, an 7 [27 Apr. 1799]. Fr. f. 114.

44. [Gaspard] Monge to Citoyen Ministre [Clavière], Ministre des Contributions et Revenus publics; 10 Brumaire, an 2 [31 Oct. 1793]. Fr. f. 117.

45. The same to Didot, Imprimeur du Sénat; Paris, 18 Fructidor, an 8 [5 Sept. 1800]. Fr. f. 119.

46. The same to ; Rome, 26 Floréal, an 5 [15 May, 1797]. Fr. f. 121.

47. [Abbé Henri Alexandre] Tessier, Director of the Classes of Rural Economy and Veterinary Science in the Institute, to ; Passy, 9 Vendémiaire, an 9 [l Oct. 1800]. Fr. f. 123.

48. B[ernard] G[ermain] É[tienne] L[aville, Comte de] Lacepède to [Colonel J. B. G. M.] Bory St. Vincent, naturalist; 21 Vendémiaire, an 9 [13 Oct. 1800]. Fr. f. 125.

49. [André Marie] Le Gendre to the Minister of the Interior [Jean Antoine Chaptal], afterwards Comte de Chanteloupe; Paris, 2 Thermidor, an 10 [21 July, 1802]. Fr. f. 128.

50. [Michel] Cubières [de Palmezeaux] to M. Bazire, advocate at Versailles; Rue St. Dominique in Paris, 30 Fructidor, an 13 [17 Sept. 1805]. Fr. f. 130.

51. Jean François Ducis to [François Nicolas Vincent] Campenon, the poet; Versailles, 25 Aug. 1813. Fr. f. 133.

52. [André] Thouin, gardener-in-chief, and afterwards Professor of Botany in the Jardin du Roi, to the Duc de ; Paris, 3 Oct. 1786. Fr. f. 126.

53. Jacques Thouin, Chef de Bureaux du Secrétariat au Jardin du Roi, to M. D'Orbigny, Correspondant du Muséum à la Rochelle; Administration du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, au Jardin du Roi, 20 July, 1822. Fr. f. 137.

54. Baron [Augustin François] de Silvestre, Perpetual Secretary of the Royal Society of Agriculture to ; Paris, 22 Mar. 1835. Fr. f. 139. Paper and vellum. Folio.

Scope & Content:

France General Chronicles and History, etc: Letters and documents of savans: 1612-1835.

includes:

f. 2 Jacques Auguste de Thou, historian: Letter to I. Casaubon: 1613.: Fr.
f. 2 Isaac Casaubon: Letter to, from J. A. de Thou: 1608.: Fr.
f. 5 Charles de La Rivière, Lord of La Moth Suhard: Covenant with F. de Malherbe: 1612.
f. 5 François Malherbe: Agreement for lands at Missy: 1612.
f. 7 François Malherbe: Poems: 17th Cent.: Fr.
f. 9 Peter Paul Rubens: Letter to P. Fabri: 1627.: Ital.
f.9 Palamede Fabri, Sieur de Valares: Letter to, from P. P. Rubens: 1627.: Ital.
f. 11 Cavore, Abbate di: Letter to, from N. Poussin: 1642.: Ital.
f. 11 Nicholas Poussin, Painter, of Andelys: Letter to Abbate di Cavore: 1642.: Ital.
f. 14 René Descartes, philosopher: Letter to D. le Leu von Wilhelm: 1647.: Fr.
f. 14 David Le Leu de Wilhelm, Councillor to the Prince of Orange: Letter to, from R. Descartes: 1647.: Fr.
f. 17 Thomas Corneille: Letter to J. de Rohault: 1637.: Fr.
f. 17 Jacques de Rohault, Philosopher: Letter to, from T. Corneille: 1637.: Fr.
ff. 20, 22 Pierre Corneille, French dramatist: Letters to C. Huygens: 1649, 1650.: Fr.
ff. 20, 22 Constantin Huygens, Heer van Zuylichem, Dutch Statesman: Letter to, from P. Corneille: 1649, 1650.: Fr.
f. 25 Paul Rembrandt van Ryn, Painter: Letters to C. Huygens: 1638, n.d.: Dutch.
f. 25 Constantin Huygens, Heer van Zuylichem, Dutch Statesman: Letters to, from P. Rembrandt: 1638, n.d.: Dutch.
f. 27 François Eudes de Mezeray, Historian, Secretary to the French Academy: Letter to -: circ. 1675.: Fr.
f. 30 Jean Chapelain, Poet: Letter to -,: circ. 1646.
ff. 30, 33 Pierre Daniel Huet, Bishop of Avranches: Letters to, from J. Chapelain and C. Le Brun: circ. 1646, 1666.
f. 33 Charles Le Brun, Painter: Letter to the Bishop of Avranches: 1666.
f. 36 Nicolas Boileau Despréaux: Letter to J. B. Colbert: 1674.: Fr.
f. 36 Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay; French Minister of State: Letter to, from N. B. Despréaux: 1674.: Fr.
f. 36 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1st Marquis de Seignelay; French minister of State: Letter to, from N. B. Despréaux: 1674.: Fr.
f. 39 Johann Hevelius, astronomer: Letter to, from P. de la Hire: 1685.: Lat.
f. 39 Philippe de Lahire, Professor in the Royal College of France: Letter to J. Hevelius: 1685.: Lat.
f. 42 Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Acquittance: 1687.
f. 45 Nicolas Boileau Despréaux: Letter to, from J. Racine: 1695.: Fr.
f. 45 Jean Racine, French poet: Letter to N. B. Despréaux: 1695.: Fr.
f. 47 Jean Racine, French poet: Hymne traduite du Bréviaire Romain: circ. 1655.
f. 50 Jean Mabillon: Letter to Abbé de Moyen-Moutiers: 1696.: Fr.
f. 53 Jean Baptists Massillon, Bishop of Clermont: Letter to the Bishop of Senez: circ. 1730.
f. 53 Jean Soanen, Bishop of Senez: Letter to, from the Bishop of Clermont: circ. 1730.
f. 55 René Herault, Lieutenant -General of Police: Theatrical permit: 1739.
f. 55 Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and censor: Permission for a performance at the Theatre Italien: 1739.
ff. 57, 58 Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, FRS; French mathematician and astronomer: Letters to -: 1731, 1751.: Fr.
f. 60 René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, physicist: Letter to F. Boissier de Sauvages de la Croix: 1736.
f. 63 Jean Roger Schabol, Abbé: Letter on fruit culture: 1760.: Fr.
f. 66 François Marie Arouet de Voltaire: Letters to C. J. F. Hénault: 1745, 1749.: Fr.
f. 66 Charles Jean François Hénault, President of the Parlement of Paris: Letters to, from Voltaire: 1745, 1749.: Fr.
f. 69 Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher: Letter to M. Duchesne: 1763.: Fr.
f.71 Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher: Draft of an essay "de la Dissolution": n.d.: Imperf.
ff. 73, 75 Horace Benedict de Saussure, Swiss naturalist: Letters to J. Perdriau: 1768.: Fr.
f. 78 Catherine II of Russia: Letter to, from J. F. Marmontel: 1768.: Fr.
f. 78 Jean François Marmontel: Letter to Catharine II., of Russia: 1768.: Fr.
f. 81 Alexandre Guy Pingré, Astronomer: Letter to Madame Barois: 1771.
f. 84 Anton Raphael Mengs, painter: Letter to -: 1766.: Ital.
f. 87 Jean Pierre Claris de Florian, French Littérateur: Plan d'un Opéra: circ. 1790.
f. 91 Jean Pierre Claris de Florian, French Littérateur: Traduction de l'ode XXXIII. d'Anacréon.
ff. 92-94 Jean Pierre Claris de Florian, French Littérateur: Plots for novels: circ. 1790.: Fr.
f. 95 Pierre Augustin Boissier des Sauvages de la Croix, Abbé: Letter to J. F. Séguier: 1781.: Fr.
f. 98 Charles Marie de La Condamine: Letter to, from J. J. le François de la Lande: 1762.: Fr.
f. 98 Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande, French astronomer: Letters to C. M. de la Condamine: 1762.
f. 100 Michael Jean Jérôme de Lalande, Astronomer: Letter to L. B. Guyton de Morveau: 1786.: Fr.
f. 100 Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Chancellor of the Academy at Dijon: Letter to, from J. J. le Francois de la Lande: 1786.
f. 102 Lalande: Letter to F. Didot: 1802.: Fr.
f. 105 Abbé Jean Rozier, Botanist: Letter to Abbé Mongez: circ. 1780.: Fr.
f. 107 Joseph Louis Lagrange, Mathematician: Letter to -: 1793.: Fr.
f. 109 Charles Albert Demoustier, Poet: Letter to the Committee of the Theatre of Arts: 1795.: Fr.
f. 112 Pierre Simon La Place, Marquis: Letter to -: 1797.: Fr.
f. 114 Etienne Pierre Ventenat, Botanist: Letter to J. A. Capperonier and J. J. B. van Praet: 1799.
ff. 117, 119, 121 Gaspard Monge, Mathematician: Letters to Citoyen Ministre Clavière and others: 1793, 1797, 1800.: Fr.
f. 123 Henri Alexandre Tessier, Abbé, Professor of Rural Economy in the Institute: Letter to -: 1800.: Fr.
f. 125 Bernard Germain Etienne de La Ville, Comte de Lacépède: Letter to Col. Bory St. Vincent: 1800.: Fr.
f. 125 Jean Baptiste George Marie Bory St. Vincent, Colonel, Naturalist: Letter to, from the Comte de Lacepède: 1800.: Fr.
f. 128 André Marie Le Gendre, Mathematician: Letter to J. A. Chaptal: 1802.: Fr.
f. 128 Jean Antoine Chaptal, Comte de Chanteloup; French Minister of the Interior: Letter to, from A. M. le Gendre: 1802.: Fr.
f. 130 Michel Cubières de Palmezeaux: Letter to M. Bazire: 1805.
f. 133 Jean François Ducis, poet: Letter to P. N. V. Campenon: 1813.: Fr.
f. 136 André Thouin, Professor of Botany in the Jardin du Roi: Letter to the Duc de-,: 1786.
f. 137 Jacques Thouin, Chef des Bureaux du Secrétariat au Jardin da Roi: Letter to M. d'Orbigny: 1822.: Fr.
f. 139 Augustin François de Silvestre, Baron; Secretary of the Royal Society of Agriculture of France: Letter to -,: 1835.: Fr.

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Arouet de Voltaire, François Marie
Boissier des Sauvages de la Croix, Pierre Augustin, Abbé
Bory St. Vincent, Jean Baptiste George Marie, Colonel, Naturalist
Casaubon, Isaac, classical scholar and ecclesiastical historian, 1559-1614,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121340643
Catherine II, Empress of Russia
Cavore, Abbate di
Chapelain, Jean, Poet
Chaptal, Jean Antoine, Comte de Chanteloup, French Minister of the Interior
Claris de Florian, Jean Pierre, French Littérateur
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, 1st Marquis de Seignelay, French politician, 1619-1683
Corneille, Pierre, French dramatist
Corneille, Thomas
Cubières de Palmezeaux, Michel
Demoustier, Charles-Albert, poet and writer, 1760-1801
Descartes, René, philosopher, 1596-1650
Despréaux, Nicolas, called Boileau, poet and critic, 1636-1711
Ducis, Jean-François, poet, playwright and adapter of Shakespeare, 1733-1816
Fabri, Palamede, Sieur de Valares, correspondent of Peter Paul Rubens, fl 1627
Herault, René, Lieutenant -General of Police
Hevelius, Johann, astronomer
Huet, Pierre Daniel, Bishop of Avranches
Huygens, Constantin, Heer van Zuylichem, Dutch Statesman
Hénault, Charles Jean François, President of the Parlement of Paris
Jolyot de Crébillon, Prosper, French poet and censor
La Condamine, Charles Marie, of Add MS 20790
La Place, Pierre Simon, Marquis
La Rivière, Charles, Lord of La Moth Suhard
La Ville, Bernard Germain Etienne, Comte de Lacépède
Lagrange, Joseph Louis, Mathematician
Lahire, Philippe, Professor in the Royal College of France
Lalande
Lalande, Michael Jean Jérôme, Astronomer
Le Brun, Charles, Painter
Le Français de Lalande, Joseph Jérôme, French astronomer
Le Gendre, André Marie, Mathematician
Le Leu de Wilhelm, David, Councillor to the Prince of Orange
Lully, Jean Baptiste, composer
Mabillon, Jean
Malherbe, François
Marmontel, Jean François, of Add MS 21514
Massillon, Jean Baptists, Bishop of Clermont
Mengs, Anton Raphael, painter
Mezeray, François Eudes, Historian, Secretary to the French Academy
Monge, Gaspard, Mathematician
Moreau de Maupertuis, Pierre Louis, FRS; French mathematician and astronomer
Morveau, Louis Bernard, Baron, lawyer, chemist, politician and aeronaut, 1737-1816
Pingré, Alexandre Guy, Astronomer
Poussin, Nicholas, Painter, of Andelys
Racine, Jean, French poet
Rembrandt van Ryn, Paul, Painter
Rohault, Jacques, Philosopher
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, philosopher
Rozier, Jean, Abbé; Botanist
Rubens, Peter Paul, painter, 1577-1640
Réaumur, René Antoine, entomologist, 1683-1757
Saussure, Horace Benedict de, Swiss naturalist
Schabol, Jean Roger, Abbé
Silvestre, Augustin François, Baron, Secretary of the Royal Society of Agriculture of France
Soanen, Jean, Bishop of Senez
Tessier, Henri Alexandre, Abbé, Professor of Rural Economy in the Institute
Thou, Jacques Auguste de, historian
Thouin, André, Professor of Botany in the Jardin du Roi
Thouin, Jacques, Chef des Bureaux du Secrétariat au Jardin da Roi
Ventenat, Etienne Pierre, Botanist