Victor Collin de Plancy
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Victor Emile Marie Joseph Collin de Plancy (1853-1924) was a French diplomat, bibliophile, and art collector.
He was the son of Jacques Collin de Plancy
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Collin de Plancy served for nearly a decade starting in 1884 as French Minister to Korea.
This bibliophile's accumulated books became part of the core of the Korean collection of the French Bibliothèque Nationale.
This Asian art collector's accumulated artworks became part of the core of the Musée Guimet in Paris.
He was the son of Jacques Collin de Plancy
Collin de Plancy
Jacques Albin Simon Collin de Plancy was a French occultist, demonologist and writer; he published several works on occultism and demonology. He was born in 1793 or 1794 in Plancy and died in 1881 in Paris. He was a free-thinker influenced by Voltaire...
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Collin de Plancy served for nearly a decade starting in 1884 as French Minister to Korea.
This bibliophile's accumulated books became part of the core of the Korean collection of the French Bibliothèque Nationale.
This Asian art collector's accumulated artworks became part of the core of the Musée Guimet in Paris.