Michel Félibien, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French historian and writer
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Place of Birth: Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire, France
About Michel Félibien
- Michel Félibien (14 September 1665 – 25 September 1719) was a French historian, who wrote a five-volume history of Paris, unfinished at his death, but completed by Guy-Alexis Lobineau and published in 1725.He was the son of the French historian André Félibien and in 1683 became a Benedictine monk in the Congregation of Saint Maur (known for their high level of scholarship) at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris.
- He is also known for his history of the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis, published in 1706.
- This book contains five engraved prints depicting objects from the treasury of the abbey, now mostly missing.
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