Collection Of Handwritten Documents By Antoine Rabany Beauregard (1765-1843) + 400 Pages

An exceptional collection of handwritten documents by Antoine Rabany, known as Beauregard (1765–1843): A previously unpublished discovery – Original manuscripts (late 18th century – 1842). We are offering an exceptional collection recently unearthed on an estate in the Aveyron region of France: a substantial collection of handwritten documents relating to Antoine Rabany, known as Beauregard (1765–1843), a learned figure from the Auvergne region, now little known, but active in literary and educational circles from the end of the Ancien Régime to the beginning of the July Monarchy. This corpus, preserved in a period document holder, includes, in particular: a manuscript of the funeral oration for Louise of France, numerous poems, tales, pamphlets, and literary texts in his own hand, as well as several dozen unpublished manuscripts, covering more than half a century of intellectual life. The collection spans from the late 18th century to a letter from 1842. In which Rabany lucidly recounts the deterioration of his health. This collection is of major literary, historical, and biographical interest, and no modern publication seems to have addressed it. In total, it comprises over 400 unpublished pages. Biographical Note: Antoine Rabany, known as Beauregard (born in Brioude in 1765 – died in the same town in 1843), belongs to that generation of provincial intellectuals deeply marked by the French Revolution and then by the intellectual reorganizations of the Consulate and the Empire. Initially employed at the King's Library, he later became a professor at the École Centrale du Puy-de-Dôme, a republican institution tasked with reforming education. He subsequently held the position of head of an institution in Évaux, before being attached to the Imperial Library and then earning a doctorate from the Faculty of Letters. Author of translations, historical works, and literary texts, and a member of local learned societies, Rabany spent his life oscillating between scholarship, teaching, and writing. His work, largely remaining in manuscript form, testifies to a keen curiosity, a sometimes elegant style, and a sensitive perspective on his era. Provenance & Significance: The collection comes directly from a family estate in Aveyron, where it had been kept since the 19th century. It constitutes a source of primary importance for the intellectual history of the region, for the study of education during the Revolution, and for the rediscovery of a forgotten author.