Paul Arbaud (1832-1911) was a French book collector and philanthropist.
Paul Arbaud | |
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 Paul Arbaud, engraving circa 1900 | |
| Born | 27 March 1832 |
| Died | 17 March 1911 (aged 78) Aix-en-Provence, France |
| Occupation(s) | Book collector, philanthropist |
| Parent(s) | Edouard Arbaud Stéphanie Pasquier de Coulans |
| Relatives | Jules Pasquier (maternal grandfather) Étienne-Denis Pasquier (maternal grand-uncle) |
Early life edit
Paul Arbaud was born on 27 March 1832.[1][2][3] His father, Edouard Arbaud, originally from Manosque, worked as a judge in Paris.[3] His mother, Stéphanie Pasquier de Coulans, was the daughter of Jules-Paul Pasquier, the owner of the Château de Coulans and a Conseiller d'Etat, and the niece of Étienne-Denis Pasquier.[3]
Collection edit
Arbaud joined the Académie d'Aix-en-Provence in 1883.[1] He moved into a hôtel particulier on the rue du Quatre-Septembre in the Quartier Mazarin of Aix-en-Provence in 1884.[1] He started a collection of plates, paintings and old books.[2] He acquired the original copy of L'Histoire de s. Louis by historian Louis Antoine de Ruffi from Albert de Tollon in 1892.[1] He eventually acquired about 1,600 old books.[2]
Arbaud donated his collection to the Académie d'Aix-en-Provence on 10 October 1910.[1]
Personal life, death and legacy edit
Arbaud married Adrienne de Robineau Valmont.[3]
Arbaud died on 17 March 1911 in Aix-en-Provence.[1][2] His hôtel particulier became known as the Musée Arbaud, home to his collection.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g Marie-Hyacinthe Laurent, Le culte de S. Louis d'Anjou à Marseille au XIVe siècle: les documents de Louis Antoine de Ruffi suivis d'un choix de lettres de cet érudit, Rome, Italy: Ed. di Storia e Letteratura, 1954, p. 22 [1]
- ^ a b c d e Musée Arbaud, aixenprovence.fr, 20 March 2009
- ^ a b c d Paul Arbaud, GeneaNet