Essling, François-Victor Masséna, prince d', 1799-1863

LC control no.	no2017085993
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Personal name heading	Essling, François-Victor Masséna, prince d', 1799-1863 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Masséna, François-Victor, prince d'Essling, 1799-1863 D'Essling, François-Victor, prince, 1799-1863 E****, P. d', 1799-1863 E**, prince d', 1799-1863 P. d'E**, 1799-1863 Prince d'E****, 1799-1863 Masséna, François-Victor, duc de Rivoli, 1799-1863 Rivoli, François-Victor Masséna, duc de, 1799-1863 Masséna d'Essling, prince, duc de Rivoli, 1799-1863 Masséna, M., 1799-1863
Birth date	1799-04-02
Death date	1863-04-16
Place of birth	Antibes (France)
Place of death	Paris (France)
Field of activity	Ornithology Book collecting Natural history--Catalogs and collections
Profession or occupation	Ornithologists Book collectors Collectors and collecting
Special note	Do not confuse with his father: Masséna, André, prince d'Essling, 1758-1817, n 82240479, or his son: Essling, Victor Masséna, prince d', 1836-1910, n 83227231
Found in	Caesar, Julius. Les commentaires de Iulius Cesar, 1488 (name not given; inscription in NN copy: "provenant de la bibliothèque du Prince d'Essling"; "vente Essling, 1847, n. 374") Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de M. le P. d'E****, dont la vente se fera le ... 25 avril 1839 ..., 1839, via HathiTrust, June 28, 2017: page i (M. le prince d'E**; the portion of his library being sold today excludes some fields, including ornithology, in which field the owner is preparing a major work) Silvestre, libraire. Catalogue de livres rares et précieux (anciennes poésies, romans de chevalerie, chroniques, etc.) provenant de la bibliotheque de M. le P. D'E**, 1845, via Archive.org, June 28, 2017: page iii (M. le prince d'E**) Techener, libraire. Catalogue de livres rares et précieux (anciennes poésies, romans de chevalerie, chroniques, etc.) provenant de la bibliotheque de M. le P. D'E**, 1847, via HathiTrust, June 28, 2017: page iii (M. le prince d'E**) Le dialogue du fol et du sage, 1833, via Gallica, June 28, 2017 (name not given; manuscript note in Bibliothèque nationale de France copy: "Aux frais du pce. d'Essling") Souancé, Charles de. "Catalogue des perroquets de la collection du prince Masséna d'Essling, duc de Rivoli ..." in Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée (February 1856), pages 56-64, via Gallica, June 28, 2017 "Description de quelques nouvelles espèces d'oiseaux de la famille des Psittacidés," in Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée (February 1854), pages 71-74, via Gallica, June 28, 2017: caption (par MM. Massena et de Souancé) Ricci, Seymour de. "Essling, François-Victor Masséna, duca di Rivoli, principe d'," in Enciclopedia italiana, 1932, accessed online via Treccani.it, June 28, 2017 (Essling, François-Victor Masséna, duca di Rivoli, principe d'; French bibliophile, son of marshal A. Massena, born Antibes, April 2, 1799, died Paris, April 16,1863; from 1830 to 1835, he amassed a splendid book collection, partly dispersed in sales in 1836, 1839 and 1847; his son was Victor (1836-1910), who formed a great collection of Italian illustrated books and published important works on Petrarch, Italian missals and illustrated Venetian books) Andreoli, Ilaria. "Masséna, Victor, Rivoli (duc de), Essling (prince d')," in Dictionnaire critique des historiens de l'art actifs en France de la Révolution à la Première Guerre mondiale, via website of Institut national d'histoire de l'art (France), June 28, 2017 (Victor Masséna, prince d'Essling (1836-1910), was the grandson of the Napoleonic marshal André Masséna, duc de Rivoli and prince d'Essling, and the son of François Victor Masséna; the latter was an amateur ornithologist who amassed one of the most important French private collections of exotic birds of the 19th century and also acquired, in a period of a few years, a rich collection of incunabula and early printed books, sold in three sales, in 1835, 1839 and 1847) <https://www.inha.fr/fr/ressources/publications/publications-numeriques/dictionnaire-critique-des-historiens-de-l-art/massena-victor-rivoli-duc-de.html> German Wikipedia, June 28, 2017 (François Victor Masséna, 2nd Duke of Rivoli and 3rd Prince of Essling, (born April 2, 1799, in Antibes; died April 16, 1863 in Paris); French amateur ornithologist and collector of natural history specimens; inherited the title of Duke of Rivoli from his father, André Masséna, becoming the 2nd duke, and the title of Prince of Essling from his older brother (died 1821), becoming the 3rd prince; his book collection was sold by the auction house of L.C. Silvestre in 1839; his collection of bird specimens was offered for sale in 1846 and acquired by the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia; with his nephew Charles de Souancé, described several new parrot species using nomenclature Masséna & Souancé; several species are named "massena," "rivoli" or "rivolii" in his honor) OCLC, 6/28/2017 (access points: Masséna, François-Victor; Masséna, François-Victor, prince d'Essling; Masséna, François-Victor, prince d'Essling, 1799-1836; Masséna, François Victor, Prince of Essling; Massena; Essling, François Victor Massena, prince d'; Essling, Prince d'; Rivoli, duc de; some records have erroneously: Masséna, André, prince d'Essling, 1758-1817; usage: prince d'Essling; M. le prince d'Essling; M. le P. d'E****; Duc de Rivoli; M. le prince d'Essling, duc de Rivoli; MM. Masséna et de Souancé)
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