Gallica, an excellent French national online resource, free to access, now has a digitised view of Barbeu-Dubourg's
Chronographie, ou Description des tems ; contenant toute la suite des souverains de l'univers et des principaux événemens de chaque siècle... en trente-cinq planches.
You can view it here:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1314025.r=.langEN
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Detail of the Bibliothèque Nationale copy of the Chronographie on Gallica. |
The file, which can be downloaded as a PDF, comprises both the explanatory booklet and the 35 sheets of the timeline itself. Scrutiny reveals that this is not identical to
the edition at Princeton. Clearly the Princeton copy is a slightly later edition: not only have additional entries been made, but some items, eg. Bolingbroke, have been relocated.
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Detail of the Princeton copy of the Chronographie (photo Stephen Boyd Davis, used with permission, Princeton University Library Rare Books) |
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