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JACQUES See also:LELONG (1665–1721)
, See also:French bibliographer, was See also:born at See also:Paris on the 19th of See also:April 1665
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He was a See also:priest of the See also:Oratory, and was librarian to the See also:establishment of the See also:Order in Paris, where he spent his See also:life in seclusion
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He died at Paris on the 13th of See also:August 1721
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He first published a Bibliotheca sacra (1709), an See also:index of all the See also:editions of the See also:Bible, then a Bibliotheque historique de la See also:France (1719), a See also:volume of considerable See also:size, containing 17,487 items to which See also:Lelong sometimes appends useful notes
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His See also:work is far from See also:complete
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He vainly hoped that his friend and successor See also:Father Desmolets, would continue it; but it was resumed by See also: " Vincentius." In this new edition the Bibliotheque historique is a work of reference of the highest order; it is still of great value . |
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