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Histoire de Paris

Hôtel Thiers
Adolphe Thiers, homme d’Etat et historien, fut élu Président de la République, en 1871, par l’Assemblée Nationale. Cet hôtel fut celui de Madame Dosne, qui le vendit à son gendre, M. Thiers, en 1833 pour la somme de 100.000F, quand celui-ci épousa Elise Dosne. La maison fut détruite en 1871 par les communards; c’est le peintre Courbet qui sauva les biens de Thiers, et l’hôtel fut reconstruit en 1873 par Aldrophe, puis légué a l’Institut en 1905, avec sa bibliothèque, par la belle-soeur de Thiers, Félicie Dosne.

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One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The sign describes the place where the Dosne-Thiers library is located today, a library that belongs to the Dosne-Thiers Foundation and is intended for researchers who have received recommendations from the Institute of France.
Adolphe Thiers (1877-1797) was a politician and historian, who served as president and prime minister of France. He had a love affair with Eurydice Dosne who was a married woman. She married him her daughter Elise, who was 20 years younger than him. During his marriage he continued his romantic relationship with her mother. The house belonged to Eurydice’ husband.

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At the entrance of the place there is a sign indicating the current owners of the place:
FOUNDATION
DOSNE-THIERS
INSTITUT DE FRANCE
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FOUNDATION
DOSNE-THIERS
INSTITUTE OF FRANCE
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Translation of the text on the sign:
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History of Paris

Hôtel Thiers
Adolphe Thiers, statesman and historian, was elected President of the Republic in 1871 by the National Assembly. This hotel was that of Madame Dosne, who sold it to her son-in-law, Mr. Thiers, in 1833 for the sum of 100,000F, when the latter married Elise Dosne. The house was destroyed in 1871 by the Communards; it was the painter Courbet who saved Thiers’ property, and the hotel was rebuilt in 1873 by Aldrophe, then bequeathed to the Institute in 1905, with its library, by Thiers’ sister-in-law, Félicie Dosne.

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