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Excerpt from Un Don R�cent au Mus�e du Louvre
Louvre et le Mus�e de Cluny me pria de l'accepter. Elle me pardonnera certainement de rappeler en passant une donation qui emprunte encore plus de prix aux circons tances dans lesquelles elle a �t� faite et au tact exquis qui y a pr�sid� Bis dal qui tempestz've donat, dit une devise de la Renaissance. Et jamais ce proverbe n'a pulrecevoir une plus juste application. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.