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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Paris: Vues Artistiques et Panoramiques
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1950
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Brasch Pamphlets B1.23
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Pamphlets
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Paris: Papeghin
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Cover image.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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État Général des Postes du Royaume de France
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1816
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De Beer Fb 1816 F
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Maps
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Paris: Imprimerie Royale
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The Republic of France extends from the English Channel (St. Brieux) and North Sea (Calais) to the Mediterranean (Marseilles); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). ‘France’ also includes overseas areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. The country is formed by 18 regions, some 643,801 square kilometres. These regions (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Brittany) are broken down into 102 <em>départements</em> and then further to <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune</em> as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. This map details the 86 <em>départements</em> that made up France in 1816, the year after Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated at Waterloo. Each <em>département</em> was usually named after a physical feature such as a river or mountain. P.A.F. Tardieu, a member of a family of famous French engravers, produced the map.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Paris: Vues Artistiques et Panoramiques
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1950
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Brasch Pamphlets B1.23
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Pamphlets
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Paris: Papeghin
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‘Imagine for a moment a giddy, ridiculous tower dominating Paris like a gigantic black smokestack, crushing under its barbaric bulk Notre Dame, the Tour Saint-Jacques, the Louvre, the Dome of Les Invalides, the Arc de Triomphe, all of our humiliated monuments will disappear in this ghastly dream…’. So appeared this comment in<em> Le Temps</em> on 14 February 1887 on what is perhaps today <em>the</em> cultural icon of Paris – and France: the Eiffel Tower. Conceived by engineers Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier, and finally patented by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), this 324-metre structure was constructed between 1887–89 as the entrance to the Exposition Universelle, a world’s fair held to celebrate the centennial of the French Revolution. The Tower is one of the most visited monuments in the world; 6.91 million ascended it in 2015.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Bibliothèque de campagne, ou, Amusemens de l’esprit et du coeur. Vol. V
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1785
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Shoults Lb 1785 B
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Books
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[Brussels]: Benoit Le Francq
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<em>La Princesse de Clèves </em>(above) is credited as France’s first historical-psychological novel, marking a significant departure from the flimsy romances of old. Although first published anonymously in 1678, the work was later attributed to Madame de La Fayette (1634-1693), a prolific French novelist. While her years in the Austrian royal court formed her literary education, it was La Fayette’s time at the French court, and her fascination with the past king, Henry II, that became the basis for <em>La Princesse de Clèves</em>. The novel, a tale of adultery, was noted for its historical accuracy and scandalous intrigue.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Vol. XXX
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1760
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De Beer Eb 1731 G
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Books
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London: Printed for D. Henry, and R. Cave, at St John’s Gate
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The French realised the potential of the north west of America in the early 16th century. New France was founded, and towns like Quebec and Montreal were established on the banks of the St Lawrence River in the 17th century. By the mid-18th century, the English were also competing for resources in the region. In 1758, during the Seven Years’ War (1754-63) with France, British Prime Minister William Pitt decided to drive the French out of America for good. This article and map in the <em>Gentleman’s Magazine</em> describes the final and decisive pincer move executed by the English to capture Montreal in September 1760. The French surrendered to England; and as the <em>Magazine</em> article states the English were now in ‘quiet possession of all North America’.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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‘Guillaume Apollinaire in army uniform, 1916’, from portfolio 2 and 4 in Oeuvres Complètes
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___
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1965
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Special Collections PQ2601 P6 1965
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Paris: André Balland et Jacques Lecat
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Guillaume Apollinaire in his WWI army uniform.
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Photographs
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Les Belles Heures de Duc de Berry
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[Jean Colombe]
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1959, facsimile (original 1485)
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Special Collections ND3363 B5 N48 1959
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Books
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London: Thames and Hudson
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The French are very proud of their culture and cultural heritage. Indeed, since the earliest times – through their art, architecture, music, and literature – they have played a pivotal role in the development of ‘western culture’. One such iconic treasure created in France is the <em>Les Belles Heures du Duc de Berry</em>, perhaps one of the most famous Book of Hours in the world. Dutch painters Herman, John and Paul Limbourg were commissioned by John of Berry (1340-1416), a superb patron of the arts, to create this beautiful work. It was completed by another artist and Jean Colombe in 1485. The manuscript is now in The Cloisters library in New York. Just two of the 94 full-page illuminations are on display: the ‘Adoration of the Magi’ and ‘Flight into Egypt’.
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Histoire Critique de l’Établissement de la Monarchie Françoise dans les Gaules. Vol. I
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[Jean-Baptiste Dubos]
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1734
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De Beer Fb 1734 D
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Books
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[Paris: Osment, et al.]
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From the first century BC, after Julius Caesar’s successful military campaign (Gallic Wars, 58-50 BC), Gaul became a province of the Roman Empire. This map shows Gaul, with its Roman provinces like Lugdunensis, Aquitania, Narbonensis, and Belgica, in the beginning of the 5th century AD. It was a time of great flux for the Gallic people. The invasions of Germanic tribes like the Vandals, Sueves, and Alans in 406-07, started the process ‘where Gaul slipped from Roman to Barbarian Rule’ (Drinkwater, 1992). The Franks, Visigoths, and Burgundians also invaded Gaul in the 5th century; and by the 6th century, the Franks had united the country under Merovingian rule.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Guide Pittoresque, Portatif et Complet du Voyageur en France
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[Pierre Girault]
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1840
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De Beer Fb 1840 G
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Books
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Paris: Didot
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Published by the famed Didot firm, this portable guide to travelling France’s postal routes gives detailed descriptions of ‘<em>des villes, des bourgs, des villages, et généralement de tous les lieux remarquables de la France</em>’ – ‘cities, market towns, villages, and generally all of the remarkable places in France’. This engraving shows the spring in Fontaine de Vaucluse, a small town 25 kilometres from Avignon in the southeast of France. Vaucluse literally means ‘closed valley’, and it is at the end of the valley that the famous spring – ‘fontaine’ – is located, the biggest in France. Every year 630 million cubic metres of water flows from the spring, the bottom of which has never been ascertained. The little town is still a popular tourist destination today.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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A Trip to Paris, in July and August, 1792
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[Richard Twiss]
Date
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1793
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Shoults Eb 1793 T
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Books
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London: Printed at the Minerva Press
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Sick of heavy taxation, bad harvests, and the excessive luxury enjoyed by the aristocracy and clergy, the people of France rose up in rebellion. One of the most important events in world history – the French Revolution (1789-99) began after the storming of the Bastille on the 14th July 1789. An iconic symbol of the aftermath of the Revolution is the guillotine, the ‘people’s avenger’ – both Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette lost their heads by its sharp blade. The machine was praised as a ‘humane form of execution’ and for its ‘celerity’ in dispatching the condemned. This engraving was drawn by British travel writer Richard Twiss (1747-1821), despite the fact he did not actually witness the August 4th execution of two criminals: a Marquis and a priest.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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The Complete French Master. For Ladies and Gentlemen
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Abel Boyer
Date
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1776
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De Beer Sb 1776 B
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Books
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Edinburgh: Printed for J. Bell, [and 3 others]
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In 1539, the Edict of Villers-Cotterêts established that French was the official language for legal documents in France. In the 17th century, it became the language of diplomacy and international relations. Surpassed by English in the 19th century, it remains – at least to romantics – the language of love. There is now a ‘standard French’, which in many cases replaces the regional dialects such as<em> langue d’oc</em> (in the south), <em>langue d’oïl</em> (north), and Gallo (the Celtic Breton area). In his dedication to this eight edition of <em>The Complete French Master</em>, Abel Boyer (c.1667-1729), an Anglo-French lexicographer, writes that French was ‘reckoned part of a genteel education’. Many of the 80-90 million native speakers of French today would heartily agree.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Title
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The Outsider
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Albert Camus
Date
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1946
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Special Collections PQ 2605 A3734 E8 A25 1946
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Books
Publisher
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London: Hamish Hamilton
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This first edition English language translation of Albert Camus’ <em>L’Étranger</em> carries one of the best opening lines in the literary world: ‘Mother died today’ (‘<em>Aujourd’hui, maman est morte</em>’ in the original). It was first published in a run of 4,400 copies in 1942. Translator Stuart Gilbert called the book <em>The Outsider</em>, rather than the more common <em>The Stranger</em>. The French Algerian-born Camus (1913–1960) paints a sunny pessimism of man and his lot: ‘In our society any man who does not weep at his mother’s funeral runs the risk of being sentenced to death… I only meant that the hero of my book is condemned because he does not play the game.’ The year 2017 marks the 75th anniversary of the first printing of Camus’ work.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Title
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Caligula
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Alexandre Dumas
Date
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1838
Identifier
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Special Collections PQ2225 C15 1838
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Books
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Paris: Marchant
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Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) began his writing career as a dramatist, and some of his early works are listed under ‘Publications du Magasin Théâtral’. <em>Caligula</em>, his verse play about the tyrannical Emperor (reigned 37-41 AD), was written in 1837. In a somewhat ‘modern’ move, he had a trained horse on stage playing the role of Incitatus, the Emperor’s favourite. The 20 performances in 1837-38 did not save the drama. The play failed; the horse was hissed at. In this 1838 printing ‘Stella’ is played by the actress ‘Mlle Ida’, who was Ida Ferrer, later Dumas’ wife. Dumas went on to pen classics such as <em>Les Trois Mousquetaires</em> (1844) and <em>Le Comte de Monte-Cristo</em> (1844). In 2002, Dumas was finally re-interred in the Panthéon, alongside his literary fellows Victor Hugo and Émile Zola.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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The Modern Housewife, or Ménagère
Creator
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Alexis Soyer
Date
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1853
Identifier
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Special Collections TX717 SQ33
Type
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Books
Publisher
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London: Simpkin Marshall & Co.
Abstract
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Flamboyant French chef Alexis Soyer (1810-58) found fame in Victorian England. Apprenticed to a Paris restaurant aged 11, he moved to England in 1830. He became famous for catering lavish banquets, and in 1837, he designed the iconic kitchen at the newly established Reform Club in London. Soyer published numerous cookbooks, invented kitchen equipment, and produced branded merchandise. An altruistic man, he worked with the British government to feed the starving Irish during the Great Famine (1847). He also contributed to the war effort in the Crimea, alongside Florence Nightingale. Soyer’s cookbook, <em>Modern Housewife</em>, takes the form of an epistolary recipe exchange between two fictitious housewives, Eloise and Hortense.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Title
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The Modern Housewife, or Ménagère
Creator
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Alexis Soyer
Date
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1853
Identifier
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Special Collections TX717 SQ33
Type
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Books
Publisher
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London: Simpkin Marshall & Co.
Abstract
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Engraving of Alexis Soyer, famous French chef.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Title
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Marie Antoinette. The Journey
Creator
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Antonia Fraser
Date
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2001. Every effort has been made to trace copyright ownership and to obtain permission for reproduction. If you believe you are the copyright owner of an item on this site, and we have not requested your permission, please contact us at special.collections@otago.ac.nz
Identifier
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Central DC 137.1 FU25
Type
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Books
Publisher
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New York: Nan A. Talese; Doubleday
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Although born into the Austrian royal family, Marie Antoinette’s (1755-1793) infamous position as the ‘Last Queen of France’ immortalised her as an icon of French history. Marked by opulence and profligacy, her reign over France eventuated through her marriage to King Louis XVI (1754–1793). Dubbed <em>Madame Déficit</em> because of her infamous spending habits, she was one of the catalysts of the French Revolution, which ultimately led to the bloody downfall of the French dynastic line.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Paris Illustré et Ses Fortifications
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Auguste Logerot
Date
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1855
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Special Collections DC707 L65 1855
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Books
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Paris: Publié par [Auguste] Logerot, éditeur, Quai des Augustin, 55
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‘A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.’ So wrote Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), who stayed in the City of Lights between 1784 and 1789. He enjoyed his Parisian experience: meeting artists like Jacques-Louis David, enjoying the architecture, the salons, attending plays by Racine and Molière, and perusing the bookstores. This map is dated 1855, the year Paris had a population of over a million people, and it experienced the great Exposition Universelle. It was also a period of reconstruction. Napoléon III (1808–1873), assisted by Georges-Eugene Haussmann, created a new Paris: wider boulevards, improved sewage and water systems, reduced slum areas, and new bridges.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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The Costume History: From Ancient Times to the 19th Century
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Auguste Racinet
Date
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2015
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Special Collections GT510 R27413 2015
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Books
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[Germany]: Taschen
With kind permission © 2015 TASCHEN GmbH, Hohenzollernring 53, D-50672 Köln, www.taschen.com
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Fashion, as a modern concept, had its beginnings in 18th century Enlightenment Europe, particularly at the French Court. Marie Antoinette (1755-93), the extravagant wife of Louis XVI, set the standard for what was considered fashionable; these fashions then radiated out across the rest of Europe. Auguste Racinet’s <em>Costume History</em> contains examples of the ‘over-the-top’ styles popularised by Marie Antoinette – impractical wigs and headwear (<em>les poufs</em>) worn with elaborate dresses. Today, Paris is still at the very centre of all things fashionable.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Paris by Night
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Brassaï
Date
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2001. Every effort has been made to trace copyright ownership and to obtain permission for reproduction. If you believe you are the copyright owner of an item on this site, and we have not requested your permission, please contact us at special.collections@otago.ac.nz
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Central DC707 BT536 2001
Type
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Books
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Boston, MA: Bulfinch Press; Little Brown and Co.
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In 1861, the author of ‘Paris au gaz’ in <em>Paris Impérial</em> wrote: ‘Now that gas has reached the little streets of the big city, night truly is no more, because darkness has been banished.’ One who haunted the nocturnal delights of Paris was photographer Brassaï, real name Gyula Halász (1899–1984), who produced his <em>Paris de Nuit</em> (<em>Paris by Night</em>) in 1933. This work featured sixty images that depicted the darkest corners of Paris. As he stated: ‘My constant aim was to make people see an aspect of daily life as if they had discovered it for the first time.’ Here is his Notre-Dame from the windows on the Île Saint Louis, and a glimpse of the Boulevards at the Palace de l’Opéra.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Little Poems in Prose
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Charles Baudelaire
Date
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1928
Identifier
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Special Collections PQ2191 S63 A23 1928
Type
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Books
Publisher
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Paris: Edward W. Titus/Black Manikin Press
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The prose poems that form Charles Pierre Baudelaire’s <em>Le Spleen de Paris</em> (or <em>Petits Poèmes en prose</em>) were written as a ‘pendant’, a completion of his more famous <em>Les Fleurs du mal</em> (<em>The Flowers of Evil</em>), published in 1857. Published posthumously in 1869, they intended to capture ‘the beauty of life in the modern city’ with subjects urban: an old woman; a dog; windows, mistresses; poor people hanging around eateries. In his preface to this limited edition, Aleister Crowley, the translator, calls Baudelaire (1821–1867) ‘the most divine, the most spiritually minded, of all French thinkers.’ Baudelaire’s ‘modernity’ influenced a whole generation of writers: Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud and Stéphane Mallarmé; he remains an important French poet.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Title
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George Sand: A Brave Man, The Most Womanly Woman
Creator
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Donna Dickenson
Date
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1988. Every effort has been made to trace copyright ownership and to obtain permission for reproduction. If you believe you are the copyright owner of an item on this site, and we have not requested your permission, please contact us at special.collections@otago.ac.nz
Identifier
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Central PQ2412 DH91
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Books
Publisher
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Oxford: Berg
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Despite a ‘blotchy formal education’, Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (1804-76) became one of France’s most famous authors, writing under the pseudonym, George Sand. During her lifetime she authored over 100 works, was an active Socialist, and gave away over a million pounds to charity. Sand has been compared to Byron, and some think she was a better writer than Dickens and Victor Hugo. However, it seems she is more often remembered for her love affairs with the likes of composer Chopin, and poet Alfred Musset; her penchant for smoking cigars and wearing men’s clothing; and her rumoured lesbian liaisons. An immense talent, Sand influenced such greats as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Balzac.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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The Cathedrals of France: 180 Photographs
Creator
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Edme Arcambeau
Date
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1913
Identifier
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Brasch NA5541 AN27
Type
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Books
Publisher
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London: Gowans & Gray
Abstract
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Notre- Dame Cathedral – the spiritual heart of the French capital – attracts some 13 million worshippers and tourists each year; more than the iconic Eiffel Tower. The cathedral has a reliquary, containing the purported Crown of Thorns and a fragment of the True Cross.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Rose Bertin: The Creator of Fashion at the Court of Marie-Antoinette
Creator
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Émile Langlade
Date
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1913
Identifier
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Central DC137.5 L865
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Books
Publisher
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London: John Long
Abstract
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Before Chanel, Dior, or Lacroix, there was Rose Bertin (1747-1813). Bertin trained as a milliner. Through her contacts at the Royal Court, she supplied ‘dresses and finery’ to Marie Antoinette after her arrival in France to marry the Dauphin in 1770. Bertin was responsible for many of the iconic fashions of the times, made famous by the Queen. One design in particular was a <em>pouf</em> that depicted the bizarre, contemporary scene of Louis XVI’s inoculation against smallpox. In Langlade’s biography of the celebrated Bertin, he describes Marie Antoinette’s reign as ‘one of futility and chiffon’. Unfortunately, the Queen’s love of extravagance fanned the flames of the Revolution that would be her downfall.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Histoire de France, depuis Faramond jusqu’au Regne de Louis le Juste….Vol. I
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François de Mézeray
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1685
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De Beer Fc 1685 M
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Books
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Paris: Denys Thierry, Jean Guignard, Claude Barbin
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Clovis I (466-511) became the first King of the Frankish Empire aged 15. He and his army would go on to unite the whole of Gaul under Merovingian rule, and with the help of his sons, he expanded the Empire into Germany and Northern Italy. Clovis converted to Christianity in 496 after his saintly wife, Clothilde (475-545), introduced him to Catholicism. This would prove to be the beginning of a long relationship between the French monarchy and the Catholic Church. Just before his death in 511, he made Paris his capital. Today, Clovis is thought by the French to be the original founder of France.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), ‘La Cravate frisée’, plate 92 from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d’Afrique. Vol. 2.
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François Levaillant
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1799
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Private Collection
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Engraving
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Paris: J. J. Fuchs
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This wonderful engraving of a tui was published in a book on African birds by François Levaillant (sometimes Le Vaillant, 1753–1824), a French explorer and noted ornithologist. The bird, from which this image was painted, had been transported from London, and was said to be the first tui specimen to be included in a French zoological collection. Levaillant used arsenic soap to preserve his specimens, and he endeavoured to present them in life-like positions for the illustrators. He also dismissed Linnaeus’ binomial nomenclature, preferring to use descriptive French names. The bird’s distinctive neck feathers drove Levaillant to call the tui, <em>Cravate frisée</em>, the ‘Curly Cravat’.
France
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