Bibliothèque Britannique
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The Bibliothèque Britannique was a monthly journal of the sciences and the arts published in Geneva by Marc-Auguste Pictet
, his younger brother Charles
, and his friend Frédéric-Guillaume Maurice. It covered a wide range of scientific, literary, economic, and political topics. It was created in 1796, and comprised 90 volumes, 36000 pages in all. Originally intended to provide translations of scientific and literary publications from English into French, it became the Bibliothèque Universelle in 1816 when original French articles were also introduced.
Volume 4 (1862) is available here.
Volume 9 (1798) is available here
Marc-Auguste Pictet
Marc-Auguste Pictet was a physicist, chemist, meteorologist and astronomer from Geneva, Switzerland.Pictet's scientific research was far ranging, but leaning towards natural sciences, such as astronomy [In honour to his researches, a crater of the Moon has been called by his name. ], chronometry,...
, his younger brother Charles
Charles Pictet de Rochemont
Charles Pictet de Rochemont was a statesman and diplomat who prepared the declaration of Switzerland's permanent neutrality ratified by the great powers in 1815....
, and his friend Frédéric-Guillaume Maurice. It covered a wide range of scientific, literary, economic, and political topics. It was created in 1796, and comprised 90 volumes, 36000 pages in all. Originally intended to provide translations of scientific and literary publications from English into French, it became the Bibliothèque Universelle in 1816 when original French articles were also introduced.
Volume 4 (1862) is available here.
Volume 9 (1798) is available here
External links
- PICTET Marc-Auguste, Correspondance. Sciences et techniques, éditée par René Sigrist, Genève, Slatkine. Tome I, Les correspondants genevois, 1996; tome II, Les correspondants français, 1998.
- Bibliothèque britannique edited by Marc Auguste Pictet, Charles Pictet de Rochemont, Frédéric Guillaume Maurice. Published by De l'impr. de la Bibliothèque britannique., 1798 Item notes: v. 8