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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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Lettres nouvelles ou nouvellement recouvrées de la Marquise de Sévigné, et de la Marquise de Simiane, sa petit-fille
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Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné
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1774
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De Beer Lb 1774 S
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Books
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[Maastricht]: Jean-Edme Dufour
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Loneliness was the cause for Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626–1696) to begin her correspondence with her daughter, Mme de Grignan. And the world is much richer because of it. Madame de Sévigné’s letters provide a very rich source on 17th century French life, including juicy social commentary, who was in or out of favour at the Court, local (Paris) and national events, her household management activities, and even her taste in reading. Starting on the 8th January 1681, this French aristocrat wrote in total some 1700 letters. This Dutch printing has a delightful engraving of ‘Madame’, who was surely a forerunner to England’s famous gossip, Horace Walpole.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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‘Guillaume Apollinaire in army uniform, 1916’, from portfolio 2 and 4 in Oeuvres Complètes
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___
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1965
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Special Collections PQ2601 P6 1965
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Paris: André Balland et Jacques Lecat
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Guillaume Apollinaire in his WWI army uniform.
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Photographs
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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A Trip to Paris, in July and August, 1792
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[Richard Twiss]
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1793
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Shoults Eb 1793 T
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Books
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London: Printed at the Minerva Press
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Sick of heavy taxation, bad harvests, and the excessive luxury enjoyed by the aristocracy and clergy, the people of France rose up in rebellion. One of the most important events in world history – the French Revolution (1789-99) began after the storming of the Bastille on the 14th July 1789. An iconic symbol of the aftermath of the Revolution is the guillotine, the ‘people’s avenger’ – both Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette lost their heads by its sharp blade. The machine was praised as a ‘humane form of execution’ and for its ‘celerity’ in dispatching the condemned. This engraving was drawn by British travel writer Richard Twiss (1747-1821), despite the fact he did not actually witness the August 4th execution of two criminals: a Marquis and a priest.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques
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R. Goscinny
Date
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2010. 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 PQ2667 O75 A8715 2010
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Comic books
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Paris: Hachette
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Perhaps one of the most famous French literary and artistic exports of the modern era is <em>Astérix</em>. Written by René Goscinny (1926-77) and illustrated by Albert Uderzo (b. 1927), <em>Astérix</em> was first published in the new comic,<em> Pilote</em>, in October 1959. It was so popular that the first of many stand-alone albums, <em>Astérix Le Gaulois</em>, was published in 1961; by 1977, 55 million albums had been sold. Somewhat bereft after Goscinny’s death in 1977, Uderzo was unsure whether to continue with the little Gaul and his fellow villagers, but he did and only retired from drawing and writing<em> Astérix</em> in 2011. To date, 36 Astérix books have been published and translated into more than 100 languages.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Bibliothèque de campagne, ou, Amusemens de l’esprit et du coeur. Vol. V
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___
Date
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1785
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Shoults Lb 1785 B
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Books
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[Brussels]: Benoit Le Francq
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<em>La Princesse de Clèves </em>(above) is credited as France’s first historical-psychological novel, marking a significant departure from the flimsy romances of old. Although first published anonymously in 1678, the work was later attributed to Madame de La Fayette (1634-1693), a prolific French novelist. While her years in the Austrian royal court formed her literary education, it was La Fayette’s time at the French court, and her fascination with the past king, Henry II, that became the basis for <em>La Princesse de Clèves</em>. The novel, a tale of adultery, was noted for its historical accuracy and scandalous intrigue.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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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Book of Hours
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Hardouyn
Date
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c. 1524
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De Beer Fc 1524 Ca
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Manuscripts
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France: Hardouyn
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Almost every good house in France owned a Book of Hours, a necessary devotional work. Manuscript copies were expensive, yet with the advent of the printing press, these works made the easy transition, ultimately becoming a little less expensive and available to more readers; almost 800 separate editions were printed in Europe before 1530. All the necessary accoutrements of the medieval manuscript – miniatures, capitals, and border decorations – were printed with moveable type and metal plates, and in this single sheet example – printed on vellum (calf skin). The rubrication (the red and blue ink) was added by hand. This exquisite work was executed by Germain or Gillet Hardouyn, medieval manuscript ‘illuminators’ as well as printers based in Paris in the early 16th century.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Title
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Caligula
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Alexandre Dumas
Date
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1838
Identifier
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Special Collections PQ2225 C15 1838
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Books
Publisher
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Paris: Marchant
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Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) began his writing career as a dramatist, and some of his early works are listed under ‘Publications du Magasin Théâtral’. <em>Caligula</em>, his verse play about the tyrannical Emperor (reigned 37-41 AD), was written in 1837. In a somewhat ‘modern’ move, he had a trained horse on stage playing the role of Incitatus, the Emperor’s favourite. The 20 performances in 1837-38 did not save the drama. The play failed; the horse was hissed at. In this 1838 printing ‘Stella’ is played by the actress ‘Mlle Ida’, who was Ida Ferrer, later Dumas’ wife. Dumas went on to pen classics such as <em>Les Trois Mousquetaires</em> (1844) and <em>Le Comte de Monte-Cristo</em> (1844). In 2002, Dumas was finally re-interred in the Panthéon, alongside his literary fellows Victor Hugo and Émile Zola.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Title
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Camille Claudel: A Life
Creator
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Odile Ayral-Clause
Date
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2002. 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 NB553 C44 AZ44
Type
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Books
Publisher
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New York: Harry N. Abrams
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Camille Claudel (1864-1943) exhibited signs of her genius for sculpture in her early teens. Forbidden entry to Paris’ famed <em>École des Beaux Arts</em> on account of her gender, Claudel attended the Académie Colarossi in Paris, in the 1880s. She then set up her own<em> atelier</em>, with fellow female artists to share costs. Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), came into her life as a teacher in 1882, and after he recognised her abilities, Claudel became one of his assistants. She also became Rodin’s muse and eventually his lover, but their relationship was troubled; Rodin refused to leave his de facto partner, Rose Beuret. In 1913, after showing signs of paranoia and delusional behaviour for several years, Claudel’s family committed her to an asylum. She was still incarcerated when she died 30 years later.
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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Candide, Or, Optimism
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Voltaire
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1939
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Special Collections PQ2082 C3 E5 1939
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Books
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London: Nonesuch Press
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This delightful illustration by the French artist Sylvain Sauvage (actually Félix Roy, 1888-1948, one time director of École Estienne), greatly enhances the text of Voltaire’s most famous novel, <em>Candide</em>. Published almost simultaneously in five countries in early 1759, the satire was promptly banned. The book is famous for its ultimate theme: ‘we must cultivate our garden’; in contrast to the Leibnizian optimism, taught to the protagonist, Candide as a young man, that ‘all is for the best’. Voltaire died on the 30th May 1778. In 1791, he was enshrined in the Panthéon in Paris that is now a resting place for the remains of many distinguished French citizens.
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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Catalogue du Musée Rodin
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Georges Grappe
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1927
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Brasch NB553 R6 A4 1927
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Catalogues
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Paris: Musée Rodin
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François Auguste René Rodin (1840-1917), began drawing at an early age. After three failed attempts to gain entry to <em>École des Beaux Arts</em> in Paris, he worked as an architectural ornament sculptor but continued to produce his own artworks. Rodin’s style eschewed the more idealised, neo-classical portrayal of the human form for a more naturalistic approach, something that did not initially endear him or his artwork to the ‘establishment’. Despite this, and accusations of <em>surmoulage</em> – a form of plagiarism – Rodin cemented his reputation as an artist of renown by 1900. He worked in plaster, bronze, clay, marble, and on paper; his most famous works are ‘The Kiss – <em>Le Baiser</em>’ (marble; 1889) and ‘The Thinker – <em>Le Penseur</em>’ (bronze; 1904) both housed in the Musée Rodin which is still open in Paris today.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Coco Chanel
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Marcel Haedrich
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2008. 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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Science TT505 C45 H327
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Books
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Paris: Gutenberg
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Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (1883-1971), known as Coco, was the illegitimate daughter of a laundress and a clothing peddler. After her mother died in about 1895, Coco lived in an orphanage where she learned to sew. She left the orphanage aged 18 and worked as a seamstress, and in a cabaret act. Coco opened her first couturier shop in Paris in the 1920s where she sold her designer clothing, perfume, and jewellery. Throughout her life, Coco moved in the higher echelons of Paris society, mainly thanks to a succession of high profile lovers – she even had an affair with the 2nd Duke of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor. Coco’s designs live on in the Chanel suit, the little black dress, and the double C logo of the Chanel brand.
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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De Philosophia
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
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1543
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De Beer Fb 1543 C
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Books
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[Paris]: Ex officina Roberti Stephani typographi regij
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In 1470, the Rector of the Sorbonne invited three German printers to set up a printing press at the University and produce student textbooks. This was fifteen years after Gutenberg printed his famous Bible. Following in his father’s footsteps, the Parisian Robert I Estienne (1503–1559; known as <em>Robertus Stephanus</em>) took up printing. In 1539, he became ‘typographer Royal’, having produced many fine works, especially those by the Church Fathers and classical writers. In fact, the reign of François I (1515-1547) is called the ‘Golden Age of French typography’. In 1550, Estienne fled to Geneva, and was the first to divide the chapters of the Bible into numbered verses. This less than elegant Cicero is one of his small format Parisian productions.
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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Description de la ville de Paris et de tout ce qu'elle contient de plus remarquable
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Germain Brice
Date
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1717
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De Beer Fb 1717 B
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Books
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Paris: François Fournier
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The River Seine is the life-blood of Paris. Thirty-seven bridges cross it; five are pedestrian only. Some of them include Pont Saint-Michel (between the Rive Gauche and the Île de la Cité); Pont Neuf (Paris’s oldest bridge); Pont de la Concorde; Pont de l’Alma, the place where Princess Diana met her tragic death in 1997; and Pont Royal. Reconstructed in stone between 1685 and 1689 by architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646–1708), the last was named by Louis XIV. During the First French Empire (1804-1814), Napoléon I renamed it Pont des Tuileries. In 1814 it reverted back to the royal name.
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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Description de la ville de Paris et de tout ce qu’elle contient de plus remarquable
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Germain Brice
Date
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1717
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De Beer Fb 1717 B
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Books
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Paris: François Fournier
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Germain Brice (c.1653-1727) wrote one of the first positive guides on Paris. His <em>New Description of Paris</em>, first published in French in 1684 and then translated into English in 1687, offered to lead its readers ‘directly to such Sights as they most Fancie’. This engraving depicts a section of the city from the Île de la Cité, one of two remaining natural islands in the Seine.
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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Essayes…done into English…by John Florio
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Michel de Montaigne
Date
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1613
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De Beer Ec 1613 M
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Books
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London: Printed by Melch. Bradwood for Edward Blount and William Barret
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The Bordeaux-based Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533–1592) invented the essay format. His <em>Essais</em> (<em>Essays</em>), digressive self-reflective musings covering everything from ‘Smels and odours’, ‘Friendship’, and ‘Of Exercise or Practise’, to (as here) ‘Of Idleness’ and ‘Of Lyars’, were first published in French between 1580 and 1588. In 1603, John Florio (1553-1625), language tutor at the Court of James I, translated them into English. This is the second English edition of 1613. In the past, those influenced by Montaigne’s Essays have included fellow Frenchmen Descartes, Pascal, and Rousseau.
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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État Général des Postes du Royaume de France
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___
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1816
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De Beer Fb 1816 F
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Maps
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Paris: Imprimerie Royale
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The Republic of France extends from the English Channel (St. Brieux) and North Sea (Calais) to the Mediterranean (Marseilles); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). ‘France’ also includes overseas areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. The country is formed by 18 regions, some 643,801 square kilometres. These regions (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Brittany) are broken down into 102 <em>départements</em> and then further to <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune</em> as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. This map details the 86 <em>départements</em> that made up France in 1816, the year after Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated at Waterloo. Each <em>département</em> was usually named after a physical feature such as a river or mountain. P.A.F. Tardieu, a member of a family of famous French engravers, produced the map.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Fables
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Jean de La Fontaine
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c. 1870
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Special Collections PQ1811 E3 TG35
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Books
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London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
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‘[His] <em>Fables</em> are like a basket of strawberries. You begin by selecting the largest and best, but, little by little, you eat first one, then another, till at last the basket is empty’. So wrote the famed memorialist Madame de Sévigné (1626–1696) on Jean de La Fontaine’s <em>Fables</em>, produced in several volumes from 1668 to 1694. The 239 stories – many of them morality tales that highlight the foibles of human nature – derive from classical fabulists such as Aesop and Phaedrus, earlier French writers like Rabelais and Clément Marot, and from the East, like this one: ‘The Bear and the Gardener’ (<em>L’ours et l’amateur des jardins</em>), a tale warning against making foolish friendships. La Fontaine’s work is a classic and requires little enhancement. However, in 1868, Gustave Doré (1832-1883), the French artist, produced his timeless illustrations for the text. This is a late 19th century English language reprint.
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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French Gardening
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Thomas Smith
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1909
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Truby King SB323 F72 SM94
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Books
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London: Joseph Fels
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<em>La culture maraîchère</em> (market gardening), in and around the city of Paris in the 19th century, carried on the intensive and innovative gardening techniques of La Quintinie from the 17th century. French market gardens were typically only two acres of land at most, but they could produce up to ten crops per year with the use of walled gardens, cloches, growing frames, and large quantities of manure. The author of this book, former Manchester printer Thomas Smith, was involved in an early 20th century gardening scheme in England. A French <em>maraîcher</em> was brought to a farm in Essex to teach the inventive French techniques used to produce as much as possible from a small piece of land. Here is Smith’s plan for his ‘French Garden’, consisting of 20 beds in total.
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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George Sand: A Brave Man, The Most Womanly Woman
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Donna Dickenson
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1988. Every effort has been made to trace copyright ownership and to obtain permission for reproduction. If you believe you are the copyright owner of an item on this site, and we have not requested your permission, please contact us at special.collections@otago.ac.nz
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Central PQ2412 DH91
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Books
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Oxford: Berg
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Despite a ‘blotchy formal education’, Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (1804-76) became one of France’s most famous authors, writing under the pseudonym, George Sand. During her lifetime she authored over 100 works, was an active Socialist, and gave away over a million pounds to charity. Sand has been compared to Byron, and some think she was a better writer than Dickens and Victor Hugo. However, it seems she is more often remembered for her love affairs with the likes of composer Chopin, and poet Alfred Musset; her penchant for smoking cigars and wearing men’s clothing; and her rumoured lesbian liaisons. An immense talent, Sand influenced such greats as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Balzac.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Guide Pittoresque, Portatif et Complet du Voyageur en France
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[Pierre Girault]
Date
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1840
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De Beer Fb 1840 G
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Books
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Paris: Didot
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Published by the famed Didot firm, this portable guide to travelling France’s postal routes gives detailed descriptions of ‘<em>des villes, des bourgs, des villages, et généralement de tous les lieux remarquables de la France</em>’ – ‘cities, market towns, villages, and generally all of the remarkable places in France’. This engraving shows the spring in Fontaine de Vaucluse, a small town 25 kilometres from Avignon in the southeast of France. Vaucluse literally means ‘closed valley’, and it is at the end of the valley that the famous spring – ‘fontaine’ – is located, the biggest in France. Every year 630 million cubic metres of water flows from the spring, the bottom of which has never been ascertained. The little town is still a popular tourist destination today.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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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Guillermo Apollinaire
Creator
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Picasso
Date
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1965
Identifier
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Special Collections PQ2601 P6 1965
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Sketches
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Paris: André Balland et Jacques Lecat
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Pablo Picasso's sketch of Apollinaire. The pair first met in 1905 and had a close friendship.
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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Histoire Critique de l’Établissement de la Monarchie Françoise dans les Gaules. Vol. I
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[Jean-Baptiste Dubos]
Date
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1734
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De Beer Fb 1734 D
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Books
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[Paris: Osment, et al.]
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From the first century BC, after Julius Caesar’s successful military campaign (Gallic Wars, 58-50 BC), Gaul became a province of the Roman Empire. This map shows Gaul, with its Roman provinces like Lugdunensis, Aquitania, Narbonensis, and Belgica, in the beginning of the 5th century AD. It was a time of great flux for the Gallic people. The invasions of Germanic tribes like the Vandals, Sueves, and Alans in 406-07, started the process ‘where Gaul slipped from Roman to Barbarian Rule’ (Drinkwater, 1992). The Franks, Visigoths, and Burgundians also invaded Gaul in the 5th century; and by the 6th century, the Franks had united the country under Merovingian rule.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Histoire de France, depuis Faramond jusqu’au Regne de Louis le Juste….Vol. I
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François de Mézeray
Date
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1685
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De Beer Fc 1685 M
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Books
Publisher
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Paris: Denys Thierry, Jean Guignard, Claude Barbin
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Clovis I (466-511) became the first King of the Frankish Empire aged 15. He and his army would go on to unite the whole of Gaul under Merovingian rule, and with the help of his sons, he expanded the Empire into Germany and Northern Italy. Clovis converted to Christianity in 496 after his saintly wife, Clothilde (475-545), introduced him to Catholicism. This would prove to be the beginning of a long relationship between the French monarchy and the Catholic Church. Just before his death in 511, he made Paris his capital. Today, Clovis is thought by the French to be the original founder of France.
France
French
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Title
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Histoire Naturelle. Vol. I
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Date
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1769
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De Beer Fb 1769 B
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Books
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Paris: De l’Imprimerie Royale
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, the Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), was a French mathematician, naturalist, and cosmologist. His influence on revolutionary scientific thought at the time of the French Enlightenment was invaluable. His <em>Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière</em> was a 36-volume treatise on the intricacies of countless branches of scientific endeavour. The work presented ground-breaking ideas on evolution and climate change, and frequently placed Buffon at odds with theological societies. In this particular volume, Buffon outlines his theory on the origin of the Earth, concluding it to be 70,000 years older than the date officially sanctioned by the Church.
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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Itinerarium Galliae…
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Jodocus Sincerus [Justus Zinzerling]
Date
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1655
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De Beer Lb 1655 Z
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Books
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[Amsterdam: Jodocus Jansonius]
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German-born traveller, Justus Zinzerling (c.1580-1632), wrote and published a detailed itinerary of his travels in France and Europe in the early 17th century. In it, he describes leaving Strasbourg in 1612 on the first leg of his four-year journey. Zinzerling advises leaving in the spring of the first year and returning in the autumn of the fourth year; he also informs the reader of the best places to overwinter. In conversational Latin, he outlines each region’s weather, food, drink, people, language, transport, and accommodation options. On his travels, Zinzerling visited Nancy, a town on the banks of the Meurthe River, in northeast France.
France
French