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unusual facts about Pierre Daniel Huet


Pierre Daniel Huet

He took holy orders in 1676, and two years later the king made him abbot of Aulnay.


Louis, Grand Dauphin

The Delphin Classics was a large edition of the Latin classics, edited in the 1670s for Louis (Delphin is the adjective derived from dauphin) Thirty-nine scholars contributed to the series, which was edited by Pierre Huet, with assistance from several co-editors including Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet and Anne Dacier.


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