From provincial savant to Parisian naturalist : the recollections of Pierre-Joseph Amoreux (1741-1824)

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From provincial savant to Parisian naturalist : the recollections of Pierre-Joseph Amoreux (1741-1824)

edited and introduced by Laurence Brockliss

（Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment, 2017:10）

Voltaire Foundation, c2017

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"The following fully annoted transcription of Amoreux's Souvenirs provides an unparalleled insight into the world of the minor intellectual in the age of Enlightenment and Revolution ..."--P. v

Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-396) and indexes

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  • Introduction : the Republic of letters and the French Revolution
  • The life and work of Pierre-Joseph Amoreux
  • Pierre-Joseph Amoreux : Mes souvenirs

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Pierre-Joseph Amoreux of Montpellier was a Linnaean naturalist, agronomist and bibliographer whose adult life spanned the last decades of the ancien regime, the French Revolution, the age of Napoleon and the Restoration. Thanks to his many publications and contacts, he was a well-known figure in his own day, not just in the Midi but in Paris and beyond. His autobiography, published here for the first time along with a substantial introduction, provides the fullest first-person account of the life of a provincial man of science during this tumultuous period of France's history. Before the French Revolution, Amoreux used his Montpellier base and the new prize-essay contest to become a renowned and respected figure in the multi-centred Republic of Letters. Post-Revolution, when French science became exclusively centred on Paris, he succeeded in relaunching his scientific career through frequent visits to the capital where he cultivated the leading lights of the Institut and the Jardin des plantes. Laurence Brockliss opens this volume by providing an in-depth analysis of the context of Amoreux's life and work, based on his surviving letters, printed and manuscript books and articles, and his autobiographical Souvenirs. Amoreux emerges as a driven, often ruthless, man of science, wealthy enough to devote the majority of his life to his intellectual pursuits, keen to retain his independence, and more interested in worldly success than he pretended. The following fully annotated transcription of Amoreux's Souvenirs provides an unparalleled insight into the world of the minor intellectual in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution, where success or failure could turn on the whims of publishing fashion and the vagaries of the postal service. The Souvenirs also offer novel access to the vibrant underbelly of intellectual life in early nineteenth-century Paris as Amoreux introduces us to a little-known world of libraries, museums, booksellers, collectors, nurserymen and dealers.

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Preface List of abbreviations Abbreviations used by Amoreux Note on conventions Introduction: the Republic of Letters and the French Revolution I. The life and work of Pierre-Joseph Amoreux 1. The autobiography 2. Family 3. The republican of letters 4. The correspondent 5. The prize-essayist 6. The Paris tourist 7. The published author 8. The collector 9. The man and his achievement 10. Concluding remarks II. Pierre-Joseph Amoreux: Mes souvenirs Preambule Enfance et jeunesse, 1741-1759 Etudiant en medecine, 1759-1762 Prbriere visite a Paris, 1764-1766 Medecin contrecarre, 1766-1767 Republicain des lettres, 1768-1789 Les annees revolutionnaires, 1789-1800 Deuxieme visite a Paris, 1800 Troisieme visite a Paris, 1801 Chez lui, 1801-1803 Quatrieme visite a Paris, 1803 Chez lui: travaux litteraires, 1803-1806 Cinquieme visite a Paris, 1806 Chez lui: travaux litteraires et affaires domestiques, 1806-1814 Souvenirs et reflexions morales Chez lui: travaux litteraires et affaires domestiques et nationales, 1814-1816 Sixieme visite a Paris, 1816 Chez lui: travaux litteraires et affaires domestiques, 1816-1818 Septieme visite a Paris, 1818 Chez lui: travaux litteraires et affaires domestiques, 1818-1821 Huitieme visite a Paris, 1821 Dernieres annees, 1821-1824 Select bibliography Index of persons General index

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