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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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With Napoleon in Russia, 1812. The Diary of Lt H.A. Vossler, a soldier of the Grand Army, 1812-1813
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H. A. Vossler
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1969
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Special Collections DC235 VY86
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Books
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London: Folio Society
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Napoleon (1769-1821) and his allies fought the Napoleonic Wars (1803-15) against ‘Coalitions’, usually led by Great Britain. In the summer of 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia. It was a disaster, and the beginning of the end for the Emperor and his Empire. On the march towards Russia, the French allied forces endured the stifling heat of summer with limited supplies of food and water. Despite victories in Smolensk (August) and Moscow (September), the troops suffered further in the oncoming Russian winter. This image, by Faber du Faur (1780-1857), a painter and French allied soldier from the German state of Württemberg, shows du Faur’s fellow troops, ‘famished and half frozen’ near Smolensk in November, 1812.
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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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Vol. I
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Jules Verne
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1876
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Special Collections PQ2469 V4 A24 1876
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Books
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London: George Routledge & Sons
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Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was born into an affluent family in Nantes in western France; his father was a lawyer. Verne studied law but never really practiced, preferring to pursue a career as a writer. His passion for science, technology, and geography led his research at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris; what he discovered on new developments in these fields informed his fiction writing. Often called the ‘Father of Science Fiction’, Verne wrote ‘future possibilities’ into his works; many of which came true, like videoconferencing and tasers. This English translation of his seminal work, ‘Vingt mille lieues sous les mers’, was originally published in serial form from March 1869 to June 1870.
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
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 Works…French and English
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Molière
Date
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1755
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De Beer Eb 1755 M
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Books
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London: Printed for D. Browne …and A. Millar
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673) adopted the name ‘de Molière’ in 1643, after dropping law studies for the theatre. He was a hard-working actor-manager, who produced masterpieces such as <em>L’École des Femmes</em> (1662); <em>Tartuffe</em> (1664); <em>Le Misanthrope</em> (1666); and <em>Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme</em> (1670). His <em>L’Amour Médecin</em> (<em>Love Is the Doctor</em>) was ‘a sketch, a little impromptu’ that was presented by order of Louis XIV at Versailles on 22 September 1655. He was famous for attacking hypocrisy; the medical fraternity are the target in this play. He has one medico (Filerin) state the position: ‘Thanks to Heaven people are infatuated with us, so let us not disabuse them, let us profit from their stupidity’. Molière, whom Voltaire called the ‘painter of France’, was a true master of comedy. This bi-lingual edition is a later printing of 1755.
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 Voyage of the ‘Why Not?’ in the Antarctic. The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition, 1908-1910
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Jean Charcot
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[1911]
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Special Collections G850 1908 F8 CF29
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Books
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London: Hodder and Stoughton
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Doctor and explorer, Jean Charcot (1867-1936), first sailed into the Antarctic in 1903 aboard <em>Français</em>. After consulting with other polar explorers like Bruce and Shackleton, Charcot set off on his second voyage into the Antarctic on the <em>Pourquoi-pas?</em> in 1908. Aboard ship were 30 men, 250 tons of coal, various pieces of scientific apparatus, provisions for three years, a dozen sledges, and several pairs of skis. Boat and crew wintered over on the SE coast of Petermann Island on the Antarctic Peninsula. Despite ‘violent and continual attacks of Antarctic tempests’ they carried out scientific observations and collected data. Despite experiencing some sickness, all survived and returned to France in June 1910.
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 Sun King and his Loves
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Lucy Norton
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1982. 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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Special Collections DC126 NV92
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Books
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London: The Folio Society
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Louis XIV (1638-1715), the Sun King, ascended the throne aged four after the death of his father, Louis XIII. He married his Spanish cousin, Marie Thérèse (d. 1683), in 1660, and despite his usual strict adherence to Church rules, he kept three long-term mistresses in his lifetime, by whom he fathered around 18 children - few survived childhood. Purportedly, Louis had a ‘vigorous physique’ and he was ‘hands on’ in the development of the gardens at Versailles, the palace that is his most visible legacy. A man of opposites, Louis loved hunting and was an excellent horseman; but he also danced in ballets and was prone to weeping at the ‘drop of the hat’. Louis XIV’s reign lasted 72 years – one of the longest in European history.
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 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
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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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Title
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The Naturalist’s Library: Entomology, Vol. 5, Foreign Butterflies
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James Duncan
Date
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1837
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De Beer Sb 1833 N E5
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Books
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Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) lived a life defined by a scrupulous dedication to science. Studying botany, he eventually came under the patronage of the Comte de Buffon and was initiated as a Royal Botanist. After the Revolution, he was made Professor of Invertebrates (a term he coined). As a professor, Lamarck developed his evolutionary theory of characteristic inheritance. While his theory (Lamarckism) has been disproved, it was a crucial moment of enlightened scientific defiance. Although he would die impoverished, Lamarck is known today as a revolutionary biologist and taxonomist.
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 Modern Housewife, or Ménagère
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Alexis Soyer
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1853
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Special Collections TX717 SQ33
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Books
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London: Simpkin Marshall & Co.
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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
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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 Modern Housewife, or Ménagère
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Alexis Soyer
Date
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1853
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Special Collections TX717 SQ33
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Books
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London: Simpkin Marshall & Co.
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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
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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 Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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Victor Hugo
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1998. 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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Special Collections
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Books
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London: Folio Society
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‘It is three hundred and forty-eight years, six months and nineteen days ago today that the citizens of Paris were awakened by the pealing of all the bells in the triple precincts of the City, the University and the Town.’ So begins Victor Hugo’s novel of medieval Paris, <em>Notre Dame de Paris</em>; more commonly known as<em> The Hunchback of Notre-Dame</em>. First published in 1831, the backdrop of the love story between Esmeralda and Quasimodo is the famous Gothic cathedral. Hugo (1802-1885) was a preservationist who was vitriolic towards ‘vandals’ who knocked down old buildings in the name of progress. Indeed, the language of architecture permeates the novel. The British artist Quentin Blake (b. 1932) designed this striking 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
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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The Heroic Deeds of Gargantua and Pantagruel
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François Rabelais
Date
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1951
Identifier
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Special Collections
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Books
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London: Angus and Robertson
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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An English language version of Rabelais's, <em>Gargantua and Pantagruel</em>.
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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The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Vol. XXX
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___
Date
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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
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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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
Publisher
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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
Creator
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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
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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
Identifier
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De Beer Sb 1776 B
Type
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Books
Publisher
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Edinburgh: Printed for J. Bell, [and 3 others]
Abstract
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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
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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The Compleat Gard’ner
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Jean de La Quintinie
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1693
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De Beer Ec 1693 L
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Books
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London: [Printed for Matthew Gillyflower and James Partridge]
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Lawyer-turned-gardener, Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1626-88), transformed the ‘Stinking Pond’ near the Palace of Versailles into a vegetable garden – ‘<em>un potager</em>’ – for Louis XIV in 1678. On nine hectares, La Quintinie made use of raised beds, glass cloches, and walled gardens to provide the King’s kitchen with a year round supply of produce. Using newly developed growing techniques, he was able to produce most fruit and vegetables out of season. Described as ‘something between an outdoor laboratory and an early example of agribusiness’ (Thompson, 2006), La Quintinie oversaw 30 gardeners, who helped him grow, amongst other things, the King’s favourite – peas. This translated edition shows the layout of the <em>potager</em> with central water reservoir.
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 Cathedrals of France: 180 Photographs
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Edme Arcambeau
Date
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1913
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Brasch NA5541 AN27
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Books
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London: Gowans & Gray
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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
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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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Ten Droll Stories
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Honoré de Balzac
Date
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1926
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Special Collections PQ 2164 A45 1926
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Books
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London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd
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Originally, the French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) talked of writing 100 <em>Contes drolatiques</em> that would appear in ten volumes. In reality, he finished 30 stories, publishing under the title, <em>Les Cents Contes drolatiques</em>, in 1832, 1833, and then 1837; the other 70 remain fragmentary pieces. Although best known for his large novel sequence <em>La Comédie Humaine</em>, it was to his <em>Droll Tales</em> that he looked for literary immortality: ‘The Droll Tales will constitute my principal title to fame in days to come’ (letter to Madame Hanska, August 1833). They have been illustrated by many artists, including Gustave Doré and Mervyn Peake. Here Jean de Bosschère (1878–1953), the Belgian artist, offers his interpretation on Balzac’s Rabelaisian tales.
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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South Island Kōkako (Callaeas cinerea), ‘Glaucope Cendré’, from Compléments de Buffon, Races humaines et mammifères. Volume 2, Deuxième Edition
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René Primevère Lesson
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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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French surgeon and naturalist René Primevère Lesson (1794–1849) collected natural history specimens while serving on Duperrey’s around-the-world voyage of <em>La Coquille</em> (1822–25). He collected and drew hundreds of mammals, birds, fish, and invertebrate specimens from island groups scattered through the South Pacific and Australia. This engraving of a South Island Kōkako (top) appeared in his 1838 edition of <em>Compléments de Buffon</em>, <em>Races humaines et mammifères</em>. Although a New Zealand species, the bird’s habitat is listed as ‘Cochin-China in south-east Asia’ in the book (p.448).
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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Shining Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus), ‘Coucou éclatant’, from Compléments de Buffon, Races humaines et mammifères. Volume 2, Deuxième Edition
Creator
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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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The lower of these two birds is the Shining cuckoo, which Lesson calls <em>Coucou éclatant</em>. Lesson may have known the bird’s Māori name – Pīpīwharauroa – but he left it off the engraving.
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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Selected Poems
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Guillaume Apollinaire
Date
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1995. 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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Special Collections PQ 2601 P6 A24 1995
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Books
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Brighton: Snake River Press
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Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918), the early 20th century French poet famously credited with coining the terms ‘cubism’ and ‘surrealism’, created <em>Calligrammes</em> (1918), a series of poems that incorporated words, letters and phrases into complex visual collages, like concrete poetry. Subtitled ‘Poems of Peace and War 1913-1916’, many of them – like his ‘Letter to André Billy, 9th April 1915’ - reflected his experiences while an infantryman during WWI. ‘Harden Old Heart’ was not published in his lifetime. The poet who wrote ‘I love art so much, I have joined the artillery’ died on 9 November 1918, the day the Armistice ending the War was announced.
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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Rose Bertin: The Creator of Fashion at the Court of Marie-Antoinette
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Émile Langlade
Date
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1913
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Central DC137.5 L865
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Books
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London: John Long
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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
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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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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
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John Rewald
Date
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1954
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Special Collections ND553 G27 R482 1954
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Books
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New York: Harry N. Abrams
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Painter, engraver, and sculptor Eugène Henry Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) left a successful career as a broker in 1883 to pursue art full time. During his frequent visits to galleries and exhibitions in Paris, he became acquainted with the artists Camille Pissarro, Dégas, and van Gogh – he was living and working with the Dutchman when he famously sliced off his left ear. Gauguin is most well-known for his colourful paintings of the bare-breasted women of the Pacific Islands, mostly in Tahiti where he lived from 1890. However, it was only after his death that he became famous as an artist. The original of this painting (above), entitled ‘Tahitian Women with Mango Blossoms’ (1899), is housed in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
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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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.
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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!
Dublin Core
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Title
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Paris: Vues Artistiques et Panoramiques
Creator
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___
Date
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1950
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Brasch Pamphlets B1.23
Type
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Pamphlets
Publisher
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Paris: Papeghin
Abstract
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Cover image.
France
French