GUIZOT (François, 1787-1874, French Historian and Prime Minister)

Autograph Note signed, headed “Autograph” to an unnamed correspondent with his signature as a “membre de l’Institut de France” and the place and date, on 1 side 8vo., Paris, 19th December

The branch of the Institute of France known as the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, which had been suppressed by Napoleon, was revived by Guizot. Some of the old members of this learned body – Talleyrand, Sieyès, Roederer and Lakanal – again took their seats there.

Item Date:  1873

Stock No:  42774      £55

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