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's landlord Maurice Duplay. He was only 6 weeks old when his father committed suicide on Robespierre's fall on 27 July 1794 in the

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. Later, he served as a tutor to Louis Napoleon, the future Emperor

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Works

* "Voyage en Asie-Mineure"
Revue de philologie, de littérature et d'histoire anciennes 1 (1845)
27–46, 201–228, 323–354
''Asie Mineure depuis les temps les plus anciens jusqu'à la bataille d'Ancyre, en 1402''
ed. Paul Chéron, Paris: Firmin Didot, 1863
lower-quality copy with maps

''Voyage archéologique en Grèce et en Asie Mineure (1842-1844): planches de topographie, de sculpture et d'architecture''
ed. Salomon Reinach, Paris: Firmin Didot, 1888 {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Bas, Philippe Writers from Paris 1794 births 1860 deaths French classical scholars French archaeologists German–French translators French librarians Academic staff of the École Normale Supérieure Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres French hellenists French epigraphers 19th-century French translators 19th-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers Explorers of West Asia