France: Historical Collections

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• French books of the 17th - 20th centuries

Digitized for Europeana, an online library of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

(17th- 20th century; facsimiles)

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• Historical Documents of France

Important historical parchments digitized by the Martynas Mazvydas Lithuanian National Library

(1460-1811; facsimiles)

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• Digitalisierungsprojekte in Frankreich

Digitization projects in France, a list compiled by Klaus Graf.

Scroll down to "Frankreich."

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• Constitutions de la France de 1789 à nos jours

Constitutional variants reproduced on the Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank.

(1789 - present; photo facsimiles)

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• Tissandier Collection - Balloon flights and aeronautics in France and Europe

Digitized from the collections of the Library of Congress.

"Subjects include general and technical images of balloons, airships, and flying machines; portraits of famous balloonists; views of numerous ascensions, accidents, and world’s fairs; cartoons featuring balloon themes; pictorial and textual broadsides; and colorful ephemera and poster advertisements."

(1773-1910; searchable database of facsimiles)

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• Historic Cities of France

A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities

(Facsimiles).

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• Arisitum: Chroniques de France

A growing collection of documented texts.

(From ancient times through 1914; Latin, Langue d'Oc, Langue d'Oil transcriptions and translations)

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• The French Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank

Photographic reproductions of constitutions, edicts, treaties, letters, photos, atlases and official seals

of relevance to French national and regional history --

available either by search engine or by thematic "dossiers."

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• Cliotexte

A collection of excerpts from various epochs of history.

Especially strong in French and Swiss history sources.

(French transcriptions and translations)

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• McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought

Including essays of important economic thinkers from Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy, and other countries.

(English transcriptions and translations)

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• Historical Text Archive: France

Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.

(Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)

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• International Civic Coats of Arms: France

(Facsimiles).

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