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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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Jean Fouquet and his Time
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Paul Wescher
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1947
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Brasch ND553 F6 WG47
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Books
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[Basle, Switzerland]: Pleiades Books,
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The artist, Jean Fouquet (c. 1420-80) was extant at a time of great upheaval in France. The One Hundred Years’ War with England was coming to an end and ‘the people of France were ready for a fresh start, for new ideas and a new outlook’ – in artistic terms this meant stronger colours and more clearcut lines. Fouquet studied in Italy and upon his return to France, he became the court painter. Renowned for his skill as an illuminator of manuscripts and a portrait painter, Fouquet’s most famous painting is on two panels – the Melun Diptych (1452), one half of which adorns the cover of this book. It depicts King Charles VII’s treasurer, Etienne Chevalier, kneeling in prayer beside his patron saint, Stephen.
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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Kākā (Nestor meridionalis), ‘Perroquet Nestor de la Nouvelle Zélande’, from Compléments de Buffon, Races humaines et mammifères. Vol. 2, Deuxième Edition
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René Primevère Lesson
Date
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1838 and 1840
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Private Collection
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Engraving
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Paris: Pourrat Frères
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Lesson also had specimens on hand of the kākā (<em>Nestor meridionalis</em>), a large species of parrot of the family <em>Strigopidae</em>. In his book, the correct habitat of New Zealand is given (p. 627).
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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La Gallerie des Femmes
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Pierre Le Moyne
Date
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1665
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De Beer Fb 1665 L
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Books
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Paris: Compagnie des Marchands Libraires du Palais
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Joan of Arc (1412-1431), seen here under the title <em>La Pucelle d’Orléans</em> (‘The Virgin of Orléans’), experienced visions of saints from a young age. These compelled her to fervently support Charles VII’s bid for the crown during the Hundred Years’ War against England. Be it through military prowess or divine right, Joan claimed victory for the French at the siege of Orléans. Two years later, aged 19, she was captured by the English and burnt at the stake under the contrived conviction of ‘cross-dressing’. In the posthumous retrial of 1456, she was declared innocent. Joan was canonised as a patron saint of France in 1920.
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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Le Cid, Tragedie
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Pierre Corneille
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1664
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De Beer Fb 1692 C
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Books
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Paris: Suivant la copie imprimée
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One of the greatest 17th century French dramatists was Pierre Corneille (1606–1684). His first play was a comedy called <em>Mélite</em>, which gave him some success when it was performed in Paris in 1630. His <em>El Cid</em>, produced in 1636 and considered his masterpiece, broke theatrical conventions of unity of time, place, and action. This ‘tragicomedy’ was judged dramatically implausible and morally defective by Cardinal Richelieu and his ‘cultural watchdog’, the<em> Académie française</em>. Public performances of <em>El Cid</em> were suppressed. Later editions, like this 1692 publication, were termed ‘tragedy’ and printed as such.
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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Le Virgile Travesty en Vers Burlesques
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Paul Scarron
Date
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1655
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De Beer Fb 1655 S
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Books
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Paris: Guillaume de Luyne
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In 1652, the poet and dramatist Paul Scarron (c.1610-1660) married Françoise d’Aubigné, who later, as Madame de Maintenon, secretly married Louis XIV. Although crippled and confined to bed, Scarron’s reputation was boosted by his famous salon gatherings, and his literary outputs, mainly comedies and burlesques such as <em>Jodelet, ou le Maître Valet</em> (<em>Jodelet, or the Valet as Master</em>, 1645) and <em>Roman Comique</em> (1651-1657), which is regarded as his best work. In his own day, his <em>Virgile Travesti</em> (1648-1653), a parody of the <em>Aeneid</em>, was highly regarded. This elegant production of 1655, with its engraved frontispiece, reflects something of its past standing. Today this satiric ‘travesty’ is little read.
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]
Date
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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
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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Les Oeuvres
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Philippe Desportes
Date
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1593
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Shoults Fb 1593 D
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Books
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Lyon: Benoist Rigaud
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In March 1476, Guillaume LeRoy finished the printing of Jean de Vigne’s <em>La légende dorée</em>, a French translation of Jacobus de Voragine’s <em>Legenda aurea sanctorum</em>. This was the first book printed in the French language. Importantly, it was executed in Lyon, the one city that rivalled Paris in the burgeoning print industry in France. The town boasted such masters as Johann Treschel; Johann Klein; Sebastian Greyff, and type designers like Robert Granjon. One 16th century printer was Benoist Rigaud, famed for printing <em>Les Propheties</em> by Nostradamus in 1568. Here is a less controversial publication, the works of Philippe Desportes (1546-1606), a courtier poet famed for sonnets and elegies; many in an imitative Italian style.
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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Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
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Nicholas Tassin
Date
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1631
Identifier
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De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
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Engravings
Publisher
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[Paris?]
Abstract
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The small, southern town of Pézenas holds great historical esteem. The Ministry of Culture has protected over thirty of its sites as historical monuments.
France
French
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Title
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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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Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
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Nicholas Tassin
Date
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1631
Identifier
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De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
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Engravings
Publisher
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[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
In the south of France, Bordeaux reflects its heritage status in grand architecture. As the global capital of wine, its inhabitants have a keen taste for claret.
France
French
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Title
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘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
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
Identifier
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De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Famed for its cathedral, Chartres lies southwest of Paris. Although heavily bombed in WWII, the cathedral survived due to the Allies’ reluctance to destroy its beauty.
France
French
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Title
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘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
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
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De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Calais is a small city in northern France. Overlooking the Channel, it was the site from which Julius Caesar launched his attack on Britannia.
France
French
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Title
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘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!
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
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De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Found along the River Somme, Abbeville was the location of the bloody Battle of Abbeville during WWII, resulting in an Ally massacre.
France
French
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Title
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘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!
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
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De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
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Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Sainte Menehould lies in the north-east of France. It is the birthplace of monk Dom Pérignon, who was vital to the creation of Champagne wine.
France
French
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Title
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘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!
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
Identifier
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De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Le Mont-Saint-Michel is a striking island commune off the north-west coast. Both a centre of religion and fortification, it is only accessible at low tide.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘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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Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
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De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
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Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Paris is the heart of France. Since the 19th century it has been dubbed <em>La Ville Lumière</em>: in part for its crucial role in the Enlightenment.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘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
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
On the French Mediterranean coast lies the Fort de Brigançon, a former presidential retreat. Ironically, its inability to fortify from the press has led to it becoming a national monument.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘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!
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
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[Paris?]
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The Fortress of Miolans straddles France's mountainous border with Italy. Transformed into a prison in the 16th century, its infamy rivalled the Bastille.
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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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Letter to George Conrad Walther, 8 July 1752 in Collection Complète des Oeuvres Mr. de Voltaire. Vol. I
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Voltaire
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1768
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De Beer Swc 1768 V
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Manuscripts
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The back page of a letter from Voltaire to George Conrad Walter.
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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Letter to George Conrad Walther, 8 July 1752 in Collection Complète des Oeuvres Mr. de Voltaire. Vol. I
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Voltaire
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1768
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De Beer Swc 1768 V
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Manuscripts
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[Geneva: Cramer]
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In 1718, after his imprisonment in the Bastille, François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) adopted the pen-name Voltaire. He continued to be a thorn in the side of government, the Catholic Church, and other French institutions, satirising them in many of his plays, poems, and political essays. He was also a prolific letter writer, and this original manuscript letter (8 July 1752), tipped inside volume 1 of his <em>Collected Works</em>, is one of some 20,000 written over a long literary career. The letter is to Dresden printer Georg Conrad Walther concerning his own <em>Le Siècle de Louis XIV</em> (<em>The Age of Louis XIV</em>), of 1751. It was first published in the journal <em>AUMLA</em> (November 1965) by R. G. Stone, a former Professor of French at the University of Otago.
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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Letters Written During a Tour through Normandy, Britanny, and Other Parts of France, in 1818…
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Mrs Charles Stothard (Anna Eliza Bray)
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1820
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Special Collections DC27 B78 1820
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Books
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London: Longman, et al.,
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In 1818, novelist Anna Bray (née Kempe, 1790-1883) married her painting tutor, Charles Stothard, and the pair honeymooned in France. Charles’s artistic pursuits took them off the beaten track and Anna wrote letters home to her mother of her travels. While in Rennes, the capital city of Brittany, she complains of the terrible road conditions but describes the town as ‘clean’ and ‘modern’. Charles provided the engravings for her book; this one depicts some ‘natives’ of Brittany in traditional dress; note the clogs which were usually worn without socks or stockings, but stuffed with straw to prevent chafing. Anna uncharitably describes the ‘common people’ of Brittany as ‘rude’, ‘uncivilised’ and living in ‘filth and misery’.
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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Little Poems in Prose
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Charles Baudelaire
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1928
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Special Collections PQ2191 S63 A23 1928
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Books
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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
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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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Marie Antoinette. The Journey
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Antonia Fraser
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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 DC 137.1 FU25
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Books
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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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Médée Tragedie
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Pierre Corneille
Date
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1664
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De Beer Fb 1664 C
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Books
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Paris: Suivant la copie imprimée
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Here is the engraved frontispiece for <em>Médée</em>, Pierre Corneille's first true tragedy, produced in 1635.
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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New Zealand 1826-1827 from the French of Dumont D’Urville
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Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville
Date
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1950
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Brasch DU419 DW27
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Books
Publisher
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[Wellington]: Printed by the Wingfield Press for Olive Wright
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Jules Dumont d’Urville (1790-1842) was educated at home by his uncle and was a prodigious scholar with a phenomenal memory – Plutarch, Virgil, and Racine counted amongst his favourite authors. In a time of ‘long distance voyages of discovery’, d’Urville joined the Navy in 1807, and set off aboard Coquille on his first circumnavigation of the globe in 1822. Apart from his cartographic skills, he was a knowledgeable naturalist and gifted linguist, which stood him in good stead to lead his own global expedition aboard <em>Astrolabe</em> from 1826 to 1829. He and his crew spent a great deal of time in the South Pacific, especially New Zealand. Some of the specimens collected on this voyage are still in the Natural History Museum in Paris.
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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Nouveaux Élémens des Mathématiques, ou Principes Généraux de Toutes les Sciences, Qui ont les grandeurs pour objet. Vol. I
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Jean Prestet
Date
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1689
Identifier
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De Beer Fb 1689 P
Type
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Books
Publisher
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Paris: André Pralard
Abstract
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Jean Prestet’s (1648-1690) textbook <em>Elémens des Mathématiques</em> is a pivotal work that encapsulates the progress of knowledge, and immortalises France’s contribution to the mathematical world. Prestet’s decisive rejection of geometry in favour of modern algebra was indicative of a societal move towards the knowledge of modernity.<em> Elémens</em> crucially includes a proof of Descartes’ rule of signs, with this revised and expanded edition providing early modern work on the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, as first indicated by Euclid in c. 300 BC.
France
French