Freycinet family archive, with additional related material
Freycinet family archive, with additional related material
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1803-1880
Call Numbers
SAFE/MLMSS 10275
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Language
- French
- English
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
Textual material (approx. 290 items)
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Scope and Contents
Contents
An archive of manuscript letters and documents mainly relating to brothers Louis and Henri de Freycinet and their immediate families and some professional colleagues. Also includes three published works presented to members of the Freycinet family.
LOUIS CLAUDE (LOUIS) DE FREYCINET
Series 01: Louis de Freycinet correspondence
Series 02...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Freycinet family archive, with additional related material
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Object History
The material came chiefly from a private collector who acquired much of the surviving archive of the Freycinet family in the 1970s and 1980s. Other pieces were acquired as they became available over subsequent decades through the antiquarian market, sometimes through Hordern House. Most of the manuscripts have red stamps of the 'Archives de Laage',...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books, 26 March 2019
Administrative / Biographical history
Louis de Freycinet (1779-1842) and his brother Henri (1777-1840) both sailed with Baudin on his expedition to the Pacific between 1800 and 1804, exploring the south and south-west coasts of Australia and visiting Sydney. Both men were involved in the official account of the voyage, particularly Louis who wrote much of the narrative and prepared it...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/MLMSS 10275
Record Identifier
nmQZg46n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQZg46n
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Reference code
9631395
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