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Total number of records: 10118
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Voltaire (1694-1778) | 366 |
| Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778) | 277 |
| La Place, Pierre Antoine De (1707-1793) | 198 |
| Prevost Abbe (1697-1763) | 196 |
| Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas De Caritat Marquis De (1743-1794) | 193 |
| La Place, Pierre Antoine De | 188 |
| Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron De (1732-1799) | 178 |
| Decroix, Jacques Joseph Marie (1827) | 164 |
| Mercier, Louis-Sebastien (1740-1814) | 148 |
| Marmontel, Jean-Francois (1723-1799) | 147 |
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French
The earliest book in the collection is dated 1654, the latest 1957. The subject matter covers all literary periods from the Medieval onwards, but the collection is particularly rich in works relating ...
Anglo-French
Works printed before 1830 (with a few later exceptions) which illustrate the influence of Great Britain on France. Many of the works are translations into French from English or, occasionally, from Br...
French, early
Works in French published between 1567 and 1899, the great majority falling between the dates 1650-1800. They were mainly purchased from special grants made to Paul Barbier, Professor of French at the...
Remembrance of things past (v.1)
Proust, Marcel (1871-1922); Scott-Moncrieff, C K (1889-1930); Kilmartin, Terence; Mayor, Andreas
1981
Title from half-title page. A revision of Moncrieff's translation incorporating new material from the French edition of 1954 in the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. Vol. 3 also translated by Andreas ...