BARTHELEMY

barthelemy, anatole jean-baptiste antoine de (1821-1904), french archaeologist and numismatist, was born at reims on the 1st of july 1821, and died at ville d'avray on the 27th of june 1904. in collaboration with j. geslin de bourgogne he published _etudes sur la revolution en bretagne_ in 1858, and between 1855 and 1879 an exhaustive work in six volumes on the _anciens eveches de bretagne; histoire et monuments_. in 1880 appeared the _choix de documents inedits sur l'histoire de la ligue en bretagne_, by himself alone. but it was, above all, his numismatical work which established his reputation. this included several popular publications, such as the _nouveau manuel complet de numismatique ancienne_ (1851; second edition, revised, 1890), and the _nouveau manuel complet de numismatique du moyen age et moderne_ (1853; new edition revised by adrien planchet), and a large number of monographs and articles in the technical reviews. the following may be specially mentioned: _numismatique merovingienne_ (1865); _essai sur la monnaie parisis_ (1874); _note sur l'origine de la monnaie tournoise_ (1896); and in the series of instructions issued by the _comite des travaux historiques et scientifiques_ he edited the number on _la numismatique de la france_ (1891). in 1897 he was elected a member of the academie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. his younger brother, edouard marie, comte de barthelemy, who was born in angers in 1830, has published a number of documents upon the ancient french nobility and upon the history of champagne.