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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France in Dunedin
Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ - Exhibition, Special Collections, Otago
Our new
exhibition ‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France &
the French’ begins in the de Beer Gallery, Special
Collections, Central Library, University of Otago, Dunedin,
NZ, today, 15 September 2017. This exhibition offers a
variety of books and manuscripts, ranging from early
printings in French, some on vellum (1524); books on the
reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King; plays by dramatists like
Corneille and MolieÌre; and works by Voltaire, including an
original letter of 1752, to French food and fashion; works
of a scientific nature; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo,
and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In
addition, there are maps of France (1816), Paris (1855), and
smaller towns, and a suite of engravings of New Zealand
birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from
private collections, all of the materials on display are
from Special Collections.
The exhibition provides us with an opportunity to make known to everyone all the French language books that are in Special Collections. It has also helped forge links with the French Department; the Honorary Consulate (Dunedin; Dr Christiane Leurquin); the Alliance Française Dunedin; and other Francophiles.
The
exhibition runs to 8 December 2017.
Venue: de Beer
Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central Library,
University of Otago
Hours: 8.30 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to
Friday
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