Antoine du Verdier (11 November 1544 – 25 September 1600),Du Verdier, Antoine (1544-1600)
Notice de personne, BnF. Retrieved 19 February 2023. lord of Vauprivast, was a French politician and writer. Du Verdier was born in

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, Loire. He was conseiller du roi and controller-general in

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, but is best known for his work as a

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alongside his friend and contemporary François Grudé.

Publications

* '' Prosopographie, description des personnages-insignes, avec portraits'', Lyon, 1573 * ''Bibliothèque d'Ant. Duverdier, contenant le catalogue de tous les auteurs qui ont écrit en français'', 1585, valuable work of bibliography, reprinted in 1772–1773 with that of the La Croix du Maine.

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Portrait, à Cartari, Vincenzo (1531 - ca 1571): Imagines Deorum, Qui Ab Antiquis Colebantur (1581)
* La Croix du Maine, Antoine du Verdier, "Les Bibliothèques françoises", Paris, Saillant & Nyon, 1773, numbered by Google Books : *
1st volume
La Croix du Maine, volume 1 *
2nd volume
La Croix du Maine, volume 2 *
3rd volume
Du Verdier, volume 1 *
4th volume
Du Verdier, volume 2 *
5th volume
Du Verdier, volume 3 *
6th volume
Errata, epitomes bibliothecae gesnerianae, etc.
Antoine du Verdier
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