the fonds Moreau), with the exception of some which were given to the marquess of Paulmy in exchange, and were later placed in the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. Lacurne de Sainte-Palaye ceased work about 1771; the death of his twin brother was greatly felt by him, he suffered dementia, and died on 1 March 1781. Critical reception His life was written for this Académie by Chamfort and for the Académie des Inscriptions by Dupuy; both works have no value. See, however, the biography of Lacurne, with a list of his published works and those in manuscript, at the beginning of the tenth and last volume of the Dictionnaire historique de l'ancien langage françoise, ou glossaire de la langue françoise depuis son origine jusqu'au sieclé de Louis XIV, published by Louis Favre (1875–1882). See also Lionel Gossman's book, Medievalism and the ideologies of the Enlightenment: the world and work of La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1968). Works and collections His most notable work is the Dictionnaire des antiquités françaises, no less than 40 folio volumes. This work, acquired by M. Moreau, is now in the Bibliothèque nationale, and its dimensions preclude its being published. Some of his other publications include: Letter to M. de Bachaumont on good taste in the arts and letters (1751), in-12 ; an edition of a fable, les Amours du bon vieux temps, Aucassin et Nicolette (Vaucluse [Paris], 1756, in-12); Mémoires sur l'ancienne chevalerie, chevalerie considérée comme un établissement politique et militaire; a series of Mémoires, inserted into the publication of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (t. VII, X, XIII, XIV, XV, XVII, XX, XXIV). He also left about a hundred folio volumes of manuscripts, now split between the Bibliothèque nationale and the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, with the latter containing the materials for a Glossaire français, including the self-published Projet (1756, in-4°) and a description of the execution of Georges-Jean Mouchet: only the first volume of this important ten to twelve volume work was printed during his lifetime, with the final one published in 1875. Letter to M. de Bachaumont on good taste in arts and letters (1751), in-12 References Sources Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des littératures, Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 1809 External links Biography on the Académie française site 1697 births 1781 deaths People from Auxerre Members of the Académie Française Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres French scholars 18th-century French