Autograph letter signed : Paris, to G. Mollien, 1820 Feb. 26.

Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848

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French author. From the description of Francois-Rene Chateaubriand letter, 1826 Dec. 14. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937057 Chateaubriand (1768-1848) was a French author and statesman. From the description of Letter from Chateaubriand to Paul Buessard, 16 July 1840 (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 768252758 François-René Chateaubriand was born in Brittany, France on September 4, 1768, the tenth child of René Auguste....

Mollien, G.,

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Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986

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Gordon N. Ray, a graduate of Indiana University, was closely associated with the life and work of William Makepeace Thackeray. His four volume edition of the Letters and private papers appeared in 1945-1946 and his two volume biography in 1954-1955. From 1963 to 1985 Ray was president of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Ray was also an outstanding collector of English and French illustrated books. His collections formed the bases of two exhibitions held at the Pierpont Morgan Library that w...