Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . t. to 1st Oct.), with250,000 vols., 1900 incunabula, and 5800 MSS., and a nude statue ofVoltaire, by PignUe, presented to tlie famous author by his friends in1770; and the small Mus^e de Mme de Caen (adm. on request atNo. 1, Rue de Seine). The Comtesse de Caen (d. 1870) bequeathed thegreater part of her property to the Institut, for the purpose of founding*prix dc Ro)ne (p. 300), on condition that each successful candidate sliouldiontribute an original work to the musee. It now contains a number ofpaintings, sculp
Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . t. to 1st Oct.), with250,000 vols., 1900 incunabula, and 5800 MSS., and a nude statue ofVoltaire, by PignUe, presented to tlie famous author by his friends in1770; and the small Mus^e de Mme de Caen (adm. on request atNo. 1, Rue de Seine). The Comtesse de Caen (d. 1870) bequeathed thegreater part of her property to the Institut, for the purpose of founding*prix dc Ro)ne (p. 300), on condition that each successful candidate sliouldiontribute an original work to the musee. It now contains a number ofpaintings, sculptures, and architectural dfsigns. In the small Places W. and E. of the Institut are bronze statuesof Voltaire n 094-1778), by Caille, and Oo/irforce^ (1743-94; p. 420),by J. Perrin. No. 18, Quai Conti, was once the Hotel de Sillery-Genlis, the dwell-ing (in 1785-92) of the Permon family, who were frequently visited byBonaparte. Rehind the Institut, to the right, begins the long Rue deSeine (V\.l{, 20, 19; IV), which leads straight to the Luxembourg. No. 6 ECOLE DC9 BEAUX-ARTS.
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