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Total number of records: 59

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	58
Archives	1

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	17
Herbert Read Collection	11
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
authors, french	57
mothers and daughters	10
écrivains français	8
écrivains	4
literary landmarks	4
travel	4
french literature	3
manners and customs	3
courts and courtiers	2
prisons	2

Count of Place

Place	Count
France	10
Paris (France)	6
Rome	6
Great Britain	1
Spain	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Grignan, Francoise Marguerite De Sevigne	10
Grignan, Francoise Marguerite De Sevigne Comtesse De (1646-1705)	10
Grignan, Francoise Marguerite De Sevigne, Comtesse De, 1646-1705	10
Sevigne, Marie De Rabutin-Chantal Marquise De (1626-1696)	10
Sevigne, Marie De Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise De, 1626-1696	10
Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)	9
Voltaire, 1694-1778	8
Palissot De Montenoy, Charles (1730-1814)	7
Palissot De Montenoy, Charles, 1730-1814	6
Bashkirtseff, Marie (1860-1884)	4

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Earliest date	Count
From 1700	16
From 1800	19
From 1900	24

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1799	16
Up to 1899	14
Up to 1999	29

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Laclos, 1741-1803 : d'après des documents originaux suivi d'un mémoire inédit de Laclos

Caussy, Fernand (1881-); Laclos, Choderlos de (1741-1803)

1905

Includes bibliographical references.

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Les encouragemens de la jeunesse

Bouilly, Jean Nicolas (1763-1842); Chasselat, Charles Abraham (1782-1843); Lambert, Arthur

1815

Anecdotes from the lives of French authors to encourage young writers. Engraved t.p. Plates engraved by Lambert after Ch. Chasselat. 1st ed. On verso of half title, with a stamp of Bouilly's s...

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Jours caucasiens : autobiographie

Banine (1905-)

1985

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La dunciade : poeme en dix chants

Palissot de Montenoy, Charles (1730-1814); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1771

With half-title. Anonymous, by Charles Palissot de Montenoy. Title page vignette. French imitation of Pope's Dunciad, first published in 1764; tome 2 contains biographical sketches of the French...

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