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Le Neuvième Fauteuil De L'académie Française Le Neuvième Fauteuil de l’Académie française Présentation de documents du 21 février 2019 au 8 mars 2019 Le 21 février 2019, Monsieur Patrick Grainville a été reçu sous la Coupole au neuvième fauteuil de l’Académie française et a prononcé l’éloge de son prédécesseur, Alain Decaux. Dix-septième titulaire de ce fauteuil, il y a été précédé par des personnalités diverses1, qui se sont pour la plupart illustrées dans le domaine littéraire, et qui sont ici évoquées par des documents choisis dans le fonds de la Bibliothèque de l’Institut, commune aux cinq académies composant l’Institut de France2. 1. Nicolas FARET (1596 ? - 1646). Élu en 1634. Homme de lettres. Conseiller du roi, chargé de missions diplomatiques et militaires. Il fut l’un des rédacteurs des statuts de l’Académie. [Nicolas Faret], Projet de l’Académie, pour servir de préface à ses statuts, édition publiée par Jean Rousselet. Saint- Étienne, Université de Saint- Étienne, 1983. Fumaroli 1550 (don de M. Marc Fumaroli) Nicolas Faret, L’honneste homme ou l’art de plaire à la cour. Yverdon, [s.n.], 1649. In-12 GM 224 1 Les biographies de ces personnalités sont consultables sur le site de l’Académie française : www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/les-quarante-aujourdhui 2 Seul un choix d’ouvrages est présenté dans l’exposition. Pour avoir connaissance de tous les titres conservés à la bibliothèque, il convient de se reporter au catalogue, en cours d’informatisation, consultable en partie en ligne (www.bibliotheque-institutdefrance.fr) et en partie sur place, sous forme papier. 2. Pierre DU RYER (1605 - 1658). Élu en 1646. Auteur dramatique. Historiographe de France. Pierre Du Ryer, Nitocris reyne de Babylone. Tragicomédie. À Paris, chez Antoine de Sommaville, 1650. 4° Q 194 H*** n°3 3. César d’ESTRÉES (1628 - 1714). Élu en 1656. Homme d’Église. Abbé de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, évêque de Laon en 1653, cardinal en 1674, ambassadeur près le Saint-Siège et en Espagne. Neveu de Gabrielle d’Estrées. Victor-Marie d’Estrées, « Discours prononcé le 23 mars 1715 par M. le maréchal d’Estrées lorsqu’il fut reçu à la place de M. le cardinal d’Estrées », dans : Recueil de plusieurs pièces d’éloquence et de poésie présentées à l’Académie françoise. À Paris, chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard, 1715. In-12 AA 54 Rés. Le cardinal d’Estrées est évoqué par son neveu et successeur, le duc d’Estrées, dans son discours de réception. 4. Victor-Marie d’ESTRÉES (1660 - 1737). Élu en 1715. Duc et pair, ministre. Maréchal de France en 1703, ministre d'État ; il fit partie du Conseil de Régence en 1715. Neveu du cardinal d’Estrées. Il fut aussi membre de l’Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres et de l’Académie des sciences. Catalogue des estampes, cartes géographiques, &c. de Monseigneur le maréchal duc d’Estrées. À Paris, chez Jacques Guérin, 1741. 8° Duplessis 16 5. Charles-Armand-René de LA TRÉMOILLE (1708 - 1741). Élu en 17383. Duc et pair. Premier gentilhomme de la Chambre du Roi. 6. Armand de ROHAN-SOUBISE (1717 - 1756). Élu en 17413. Homme d’Église. Cardinal en 1747 et prince-évêque de Strasbourg en 1749. Grand aumônier du Roi et recteur de l'Université de Paris. 3 La bibliothèque de l’Institut ne conserve aucun écrit de ces personnalités. 7. Antoine de MALVIN de MONTAZET (1713 - 1788). Élu en 1756. Homme d’Église. Évêque d'Autun en 1748 et archevêque de Lyon en 1758. Instruction pastorale de Monseigneur l’archevêque de Lyon sur les sources de l’incrédulité et les fondemens de la religion. À Paris, chez P. G. Simon et à Lyon chez A. de La Roche, 1776. 8° R 299 Y 13 8. Stanislas de BOUFFLERS (1738 - 1815). Élu en 1788. Homme de lettres. Stanislas de Boufflers, Contes. Paris, Librairie des bibliophiles, 1878. 8° Pierre 2229 9. Louis-Pierre-Marie-François BAOUR-LORMIAN(1770-1854). Élu en 1815. Poète et auteur dramatique. Il fut à ses débuts imprimeur-libraire à Toulouse, jusqu’en 1795. Pierre Baour-Lormian, Ossian, barde du IIIe s. Poésie gallique en vers français. À Paris, chez Giguet et Michaud, 1809. 8° N.S. 53234 10. François PONSARD (1814 - 1867). Élu en 1855. Auteur dramatique. François Ponsard, Lucrèce, tragédie en cinq actes et en vers. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1851. 8° LB 190 (1). Cette pièce, la première de l’auteur, fut jouée en 1843 et couronnée par l’Académie. François Ponsard, Lucrèce, tragédie en cinq actes, manuscrit autographe, 1843. Ms 7920 11. Joseph AUTRAN (1813 - 1877). Élu en 1868. Poète et auteur dramatique. Joseph Autran, La Fille d’Eschyle, étude antique en cinq actes, en vers. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1877. 8° Q 1206 B 12. Victorien SARDOU (1831 - 1908). Élu en 1877. Auteur dramatique. Victorien Sardou, « Thermidor, drame historique en quatre actes », dans : L’Illustration théâtrale, journal d’actualités dramatiques, n° 38 (25 août 1906). 4° N.S. 1947 (38) Charles Gilbert-Martin, portrait-charge de Victorien Sardou, 1891. Fonds Georges Manal [non coté] 13. Marcel PRÉVOST (1862 - 1941). Élu en 1909. Romancier. Marcel Prévost, Lettres à Françoise. Paris, Félix Juven, [s.d.]. 8° Pierre 3951 Bib (pseud. de Georges Breitel), portrait-charge de Marcel Prévost, [s.d.]. Fonds Georges Manal [non coté] 14. Émile HENRIOT (1889 - 1961). Élu en 1945. Écrivain et critique littéraire. Émile Henriot, Images de Nesles, ill. de Marguerite Mackain-Langlois. Paris, Les bibliophiles d’Isle de France, 1959. 4° N.S. 9563 15. Jean GUÉHENNO (1890 - 1978). Élu en 1962. Universitaire et essayiste. Jean Guéhenno, Changer la vie. Mon enfance et ma jeunesse. Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1961 (Les Cahiers verts ; LIX). AAd 17 E (n°59) Timbre et carte premier jour Jean Guéhenno. Fonds Georges Manal, [non coté] 16. Alain Decaux (1925 - 2016). Élu en 1979. Historien, producteur-présentateur d'émissions de télévision. Il fut ministre de la Francophonie de 1988 à 1991. Alain Decaux raconte. Paris : Perrin, 1978. 8°N. S. 41507 L’Histoire en question. Paris : Perrin, 1982. 8 N.S. 44123 Les Assassins. Paris : Perrin, 1986. 8 N.S. 44122 Destins fabuleux. Paris : Perrin, 1987. 8 N.S. 44121 La Belle histoire de Versailles. Paris : Perrin, 2000. 8 N.S. 48248 Dictionnaire amoureux de Alexandre Dumas. Paris : Plon, 2010. 8° N. S. 52655 Dictionnaire amoureux de Alain Decaux / [Textes de Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, Pierre Nora, Eric Pourchet... [et al.] ; Association des amis d’Alain Decaux ; ill. parAlain Bouldouyre]. Paris : Plon, 2010. NSd 25615 17. Patrick Grainville (né en 1977). Élu en 2018. .
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