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Denise Benoît. Denise Benoît (10 September 1919 – 29 May 1973) was a French actress and singer, active across a wide range of genres on the stage, radio and television. [1] Other members of her family were musicians.
Encyclopedia of Yverdon. The Encyclopedia of Yverdon (in French: Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire universel raisonné des connaissances humaines) is an encyclopedia compiled by Fortunato Bartolomeo de Félice and published in 58 volumes from 1770 through 1780 in Yverdon -les-Baines, Switzerland. The Encyclopedia of Yverdon is not as culturally ...
Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (French for 'Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Crafts'), [1] better known as Encyclopédie (French: [ɑ̃siklɔpedi]), was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, and translations.
Annam ( chữ Hán: 安南; alternate spelling: Anam ), or Trung Kỳ ( 中圻 ), was a French protectorate encompassing the territory of the Empire of Đại Nam in Central Vietnam. Before the protectorate's establishment, the name Annam was used in the West to refer to Vietnam as a whole; Vietnamese people were referred to as Annamites ...
Encyclopedism. Natural History, written by Pliny the Elder in the first century, was the first book to be called an encyclopedia. It was highly regarded in the Middle Ages. This profusely illustrated manuscript was produced in the 13th century. Encyclopedism is an outlook that aims to include a wide range of knowledge in a single work. [1]
Dictionnaire de Trévoux. The Dictionnaire de Trévoux, also titled Dictionnaire universel françois et latin, is a French dictionary that appeared in several editions from 1704 to 1771. It was unofficially and then officially nicknamed Dictionnaire de Trévoux because of its original publication in the town of Trévoux (near Lyon, France) [1 ...
Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique. The Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois regnes de la nature was an illustrated encyclopedia of plants, animals and minerals, notable for including the first scientific descriptions of many species, and for its attractive engravings. It was published in Paris by Charles Joseph Panckoucke, from ...
The Dictionnaire de l'Académie française is the official dictionary of the French language . The Académie française is France's official authority on the usages, vocabulary, and grammar of the French language, although its recommendations carry no legal power. Sometimes, even governmental authorities disregard the Académie's rulings.