French Collection
The McKee Library French Collection consists of 105 titles and 189 volumes of works mostly written in French. The collection spans 255 years, with its earliest book published in 1711 and the most recent in 1966. It includes works by notable authors such as Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Flaubert. Although most of the titles are written in French, a few are written in Italian, English, German, and Latin. The collection covers a variety of subjects including history, philosophy, and literary criticism and also contains novels, memoirs, poetry, and plays. Many of the books have been digitized and are available for online perusal (links below). The physical items may be seen for research purposes and by appointment only.
Notable Items in the Collection
A Brief History
The items in this collection were compiled from a rare books expert with close ties
to some prominent members of the Chattanooga community who owned extensive historical
book collections.
| de Saint-脡vremond, Charles | 1711 | |
| de la Motte, Antoine Houdar | L'Iliade, Po猫me, avec un discours sur Hom猫re | 1714 |
| Monsieur le Sage | 1734 | |
| Bossuet, Jacques-B茅nigne | 1738 | |
| F茅nelon, Fran莽ois de Salignac | 1741 | |
| de Boyer, Jean-Baptiste (Marquis d鈥橝rgens) | 1741 | |
| Cornelli, C. | 1743 | |
| Pr茅vost, Antoine Fran莽ois | 1745 | |
| Pecquet, Antoine | 1745 | |
| d鈥橝rnaud, Baculard | 1746 | |
| Richardson, Samuel | 1748 | |
| Voltaire (Fran莽ois-Marie Arouet) | 1751 | |
| Voltaire (Fran莽ois-Marie Arouet) | 1752 | |
| Sainte-Foy d鈥橝rcq, Philippe | 1753 | |
| Bain, Robert | 1754 | |
| d鈥橝ubign茅, Fran莽oise (Marquis de Maintenon) | 1756 | |
| Ramsay, Andrew Michael (Chevalier Ramsay) | 1757 | |
| Montesquieu (Charles-Louis de Secondat) | 1759 | |
| Voltaire (Fran莽ois-Marie Arouet) | 1759 | |
| Voltaire (Fran莽ois-Marie Arouet) | La Philosophe de l'histoire | 1765 |
| de Fontenelle, Bernard de Bovier | 1766 | |
| Marmontel, Jean-Fran莽ois | 1767 | |
| Voltaire (Fran莽ois-Marie Arouet) | 1769 | |
| de Mursay, Marthe-Marguerite (Marquise de Caylus) | 1770 | |
| Schabol, M. l鈥橝bbe Roger | 1774 | |
| Massillon, Jean-Baptiste | 1775 | |
| Scarron, Paul | 1775 | |
| Labadie, Pr茅vost | 1775 | |
| Guen茅e, Antoine | 1776 | |
| Piron, Alexis | 1776 | |
| Gibbon, Edward | 1776 | |
| Mortimer, Thomas | 1776 | |
| Voltaire (Fran莽ois-Marie Arouet) | 1777 | |
| Voltaire (Fran莽ois-Marie Arouet) | 1784 | |
| Voltaire (Fran莽ois-Marie Arouet) | 1785 | |
| Mayer, Charles-Joseph | 1786 | |
| de Graffigny, Fran莽oise | 1786 | |
| de Graffigny, Fran莽oise | 1788 | |
| de Jussieu, Antoine Laurent | 1789 | |
| de Florian, M. | 1789 | |
| Riccoboni, Marie Jeanne | 1790 | |
| Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang | 1790 | |
| de Stael, Anne Louise Germaine (Madame de Stael) | 1803 | |
| Grimm, Friedrich Melchior (Baron von Grimm) | 1813 | |
| Clery, M. | 1814 | |
| Korner, Karl Theodor | 1814 | |
| Labaume, Eug猫ne | 1815 | |
| Montesquieu (Charles-Louis de Secondat) | 1817 | |
| Voltaire (Fran莽ois-Marie Arouet) | 1817 | |
| Green, Thomas | 1818 | |
| de Graffigny, Fran莽oise | 1821 | |
| Voltaire (Fran莽ois-Marie Arouet) | 1823 | |
| de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri Bernardin | 1824 | |
| Rousseau, Jean-Jacques | 1824 | |
| de La Vergne, Marie-Madeleine (Madame de La Fayette) | 1825 | |
| Baldwin, Charles | 1826 | |
| de La Mothe F茅nelon, Fran莽ois de Salignac | 1827 | |
| Ferreri, Pietro-Maria | 1827 | |
| de Sismondi, Jean Charles L茅onard | 1832 | |
| d'Azeglio, Massimo | 1833 | |
| Egger, A. E. | 1837 | |
| Nugent, Thomas | 1844 | |
| Manzoni, Allessandro | 1845 | |
| Tiron, M. l鈥橝bb茅 | 1845 | |
| Turgot, Michel-脡tienne | Plan de Turgot鈥�1734-1739 Early Fasmilie | 1852 |
| de St-Aubin, St茅phanie F茅licit茅 (Madame de Genlis) | 1853 | |
| de Chateaubriand, Fran莽ois-Ren茅 | 1855 | |
| de Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron | 1855 | |
| de Stael, Anne Louise Germaine (Madame de Stael) | 1855 | |
| Boileau-Despr茅aux, Nicolas | 1858 | |
| Todiere, M. | 1858 | |
| de Stael, Anne Louise Germaine (Madame de Stael) | 1864 | |
| 1866-7 | ||
| de Musset, Alfred | 1867 | |
| Kaye, John William | 1869 | |
| Kaye, John William | 1873 | |
| de Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron | 1874 | |
| Zola, 脡mile | 1882 | |
| de Vigny, Alfred | 1883 | |
| Scott, Sir Walter | 1884 | |
| Michel, Fran莽oise | 1885 | |
| de Beauchesne, A. | 1893 | |
| Masson, Fr茅d茅ric | 1894 | |
| Faguet, 脡mile | 1898 | |
| Faguet, 脡mile | 1900 | |
| Wormeley, Katharine Prescott | 1902 | |
| Nouveau Testament | 1903 | |
| Petrarca, Francesco | 1905 | |
| de Vigny, Alfred | 1914 | |
| Huysmans, Joris-Karl | 1916 | |
| de Rabutin, Roger (Comte de Bussy) | 1920 | |
| de Vigny, Alfred | 1921 | |
| France, Anatole | 1921 | |
| Flaubert, Gustave | 1921 | |
| Greek Testament | 1923 | |
| Inklaar, Derk | Fran莽ois-Thomas de Baculard d鈥橝rnaud | 1925 |
| Daudet, Alphonse | 1934 | |
| Childs, J. Rives | Restif de la Bretonne | 1949 |
| Mitchell, Bonner | Les Manifestes litt茅raires de la Belle 脡poque | 1966 |
| Daudet, Alphonse | ||
| France, Anatole | ||
| Gresset, Jean-Baptiste-Louis | ||
| de Rabutin-Chantal, Marie (Madame de S茅vign茅) | ||
| Montesquieu (Charles-Louis de Secondat) | ||
| Voltaire (Fran莽ois-Marie Arouet) |
* Digitized versions are not always the same edition found in the physical collection.
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