Charles Pinot Duclos
Charles Pinot Duclos was a French writer, historian, encyclopédistes, novelist, french moralist and politician (1704–1772). He was born at Dinan and died at Paris.
Also recorded as Charles Pinot-Duclos; Charles Pinot.
Charles Pinot Duclos in brief
- Born
- 1704
- Died
- 1772
- Known for
- writer, historian, encyclopédistes, novelist, french moralist, politician, biographer and censor
- Place of birth
- Dinan
Contents
Career and activity
Recorded positions include historiographer of France, perpetual secretary of the French Academy, seat 19 of the Académie française and Mayor of Dinan. He belonged to Académie Française, Royal Society, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen.
Catalogued works
43 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1744 to 2008.
Acajou et Zirphile, dated 1744. Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des mœurs du XVIII. siècle. Mémoires secrets sur les règnes de Louis XIV et de Louis XV (Lausanne, 1791). Mémoires secrets sur les règnes de Louis XIV et de Louis XV. Moralistes français. Considérations sur les moeurs de ce siècle, dated 1824. Les confessions du comte de ***, dated 1900. Le régent, sa fille, et le petit Dubois. Memoires secrets sur les regnes de Louis XIV et de Louis XV, dated 1791. Histoire de Louis XI. Histoire de Madame de Luz. Pieces intéressantes et peu connues, pour servir a l'histoire. Voyage en Italie, ou, Considérations sur l'Italie. Carl Düclos geheime Memoiren zur Geschichte der Regierungen Ludwigs des Vierzehnten und Ludwigs des Funfzehnten, dated 1792. Considérations sur les mœurs, dated 1939. A course of gallantries, dated 1775. The history of Lewis XI. King of France, dated 1746. Memoirs illustrating the manners of the present age, dated 1752. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des mœurs du XVIIIe siècle, dated 1986. Mémoires secrets sur les règnes de Louis XIV et de Louis XV, dated 1791. Oeuvres complètes de Duclos, dated 1820. Oeuvres complètes de Duclos, précédées d'une notice sur sa vie et ses écrits par Auger, dated 1968. The pleasures of retirement, preferable to the joys of dissipation, dated 1774. Secret memoirs of the regency, dated 1912. Œuvres complètes de Duclos, dated 1806. Voyage en Italie, dated 1791. Considérations sur les moeurs, dated 1939. Considérations sur les moeurs de ce siècle, dated 1751. Correspondance de Charles Duclos (1704-1772), dated 1970. Mémoires secrets sur le règne de Louis XIV, dated 1846. Les confessions du comte de *** / Acajou et Zirphile, dated 1781. Bal Paré (The Jewel Ball), dated 1774, etching and engraving on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1985.396. Le Coucher (Retiring for the Night, from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle), dated 1774, engraving with etching on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1926.958. L'Evenement au Bal (The Event at the Ball, from from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle), dated 1774, engraving with etching on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1926.952. The Parade on the Boulevard, dated 1760, etching, with additions in pen and black ink on cream laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1994.113. [Charles Pinot Duclos correspondence]., dated 2008-, held by Wellcome Collection. Considérations sur les mœurs de ce siècle / [Charles Pinot- Duclos]., dated 1751, held by Wellcome Collection. The history of Lewis XI. King of France. By M. Duclos, ... Translated from the French original. In two volumes., dated 1746, held by Wellcome Collection. Consid�erations sur les m�urs de ce siecle , par M. Duclos, Historiographe DE France, L'Un des Quarante de L'Acad�emie Fran�coise, & de celle des Belles - Lettres; de L'Acad�emie de Berlin, & de la Soci�et�e Royale de Londres., dated 1784, held by Wellcome Collection. Les confessions du comte de ***. Ecrites par lui-m�eme �a un ami., dated 1781, held by Wellcome Collection. Memoirs illustrating the manners of the present age . Wherein are contained the remarkable incidents in the life of a young nobleman. By Monsieur Du Clos, ... Translated from the French by a gentleman. In two volumes., dated 1752, held by Wellcome Collection. Memoirs illustrating the manners of the present age , wherein are contained the remarkable incidents in the life of a young nobleman. By Monsieur Du Clos, Historiographer to the French King, and Member of the Royal Academy at Paris. Translated from the French by a gentleman. In two volumes., dated 1752, held by Wellcome Collection. The pleasures of retirement, preferable to the joys of dissipation exemplified in the life and adventures of the Count de B----. Written by himself. In letters to a friend. Now first translated from the original French, by a lady., dated 1774, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 11 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Duclos, Charles Pinot de, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online. OV correspondence, letter D3065: Voltaire to Charles Pinot Duclos (January 1745), Oxford University Voltaire. OV correspondence, letter D3102: Voltaire to Charles Pinot Duclos (April 1745), Oxford University Voltaire. OV correspondence, letter D9893: Voltaire to Charles Pinot Duclos (13th July 1761), Oxford University Voltaire. L’Italia del Settecento vista da Duclos e Denon, Babel: Littératures Plurielles, 2014. Narrating ‘finances’ after John Law: Complicity, critique, and the bonds of obligation in Duclos and Mouhy, Finance and Society, 2016.
Digitised editions and texts
11 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Voyage en Italie, ou, considérations sur l'Italie (1791) — Internet Archive. The history of Lewis xi. king of France. Transl (1746) — Internet Archive. Considérations sur les moeurs de ce siecle, par m. Duclos (1784) — Internet Archive. Pieces intéressantes et peu connues, pour servir a l'histoire (1781) — Internet Archive. Mémoires secrets sur le règne de Louis XIV, la régence et le règne de Louis XV (1865) — Internet Archive. Discours sur l'origine et les révolutions des langues celtiques et françaises (1780) — Internet Archive. Discours sur l'origine et les révolutions des langues celtique et françoise (1780) — Internet Archive. Histoire de Louis XI. (1746) — Internet Archive. Moralistes français. Pensées de Blaise Pascal; Réflexions et maximes de La Rochefoucauld; suivies d'une réfutation (1847) — Internet Archive. Duclos - mémoire sur l’origine des langues celtique et française (1738) — Internet Archive. Mémoires sécrets sur le règne de Louis XIV la régence et le règne de Louis XV (1846) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 20 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 8 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 8 means 8 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
the recorded working language is French.
Positions recorded include historiographer of France and perpetual secretary of the French Academy. Membership is recorded of Académie Française, Royal Society and Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society.
Chronology
- 1704Charles Pinot Duclos born at Dinan.
- 1744Acajou et Zirphile.
- 1746The history of Lewis xi. king of France. Transl digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1746Histoire de Louis XI. digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1772Charles Pinot Duclos died at Paris.
- 1780Considérations sur les mœurs de ce siècle digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1780Discours sur l'origine et les révolutions des langues celtiques et françaises digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1781Pieces intéressantes et peu connues, pour servir a l'histoire digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1784Considérations sur les moeurs de ce siecle digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1784Considérations sur les moeurs de ce siecle, par m. Duclos digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1791Voyage en Italie, ou, considérations sur l'Italie digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Duclos, Charles Pinot de, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Open Library author record for Charles Pinot Duclos (Internet Archive), 30 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 3.
OV correspondence, letter D3065: Voltaire to Charles Pinot Duclos (January 1745), Oxford University Voltaire
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
OV correspondence, letter D3102: Voltaire to Charles Pinot Duclos (April 1745), Oxford University Voltaire
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
OV correspondence, letter D9893: Voltaire to Charles Pinot Duclos (13th July 1761), Oxford University Voltaire
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Charles Pinot Duclos.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 7.
Gemeinsame Normdatei 5337608-0, Colloque organisé à l'Occasion du Bi-Centenaire de la Mort de Charles Pinot-Duclos (1973 : Rennes).
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Consult the source - 8.
Internet Archive, 30 digitised items catalogued under Charles Pinot Duclos as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 9.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Charles Pinot Duclos.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 10.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Charles Pinot Duclos (7 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 11.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 11 works naming Charles Pinot Duclos.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 12.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q982034: Charles Pinot Duclos
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 13.
“Charles Pinot Duclos”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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