History of Scholarly Societies:
Institut de France on Itself and its Five Academies

Institut de France on Itself and its Five Academies

Institut de France Histoire des Cinq Académies; Textes de Henri Amouroux, Jean Bernard, Jean-Louis Curtis, Jean Delumeau, Christiane Douyère-Demeulenaere, Roland Drago, Maurice Druon, Jacques Friedel, Paul Germain, Jean Leclant, Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, Jaqueline de Romilly, Jean Tulard, Bernard Zehrfuss, rassemblés à l'occasion du bicentenaire de l'Institut de France, Octobre 1995. . Paris: Librairie Académique Perrin, 1995. 464 p. [In French.]

This book provides a history of the Institut de France (founded in 1795) and its five academies. The contents are distributed as follows: Institut de France (founded 1795): pp.15-49 Académie Française (founded 1635): pp.51-97 Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (founded 1663): pp.99-197 Académie des Sciences (founded 1666): pp.199-275 Académie des Beaux-Arts (founded 1803): pp.277-355 Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (founded 1795): pp.357-443 The copy consulted was kindly loaned by the Library of the University of Toronto (copy located via Univ. Toronto cat.).