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| | AHA Information: James Westfall Thompson Presidential Address (1941) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | Among his papers preserved at the Bibliothèque nationale is a short autobiography, in which Montfaucon vivaciously relates how he came to be a scholar. |
 | | In this great work Montfaucon "reproduced, methodically grouped, all the ancient monuments that might be of use in the study of religion, domestic customs, material life, military institutions and funeral rites of the ancients". |
 | | 23 According to Sandys, "within two months the first edition of 1,800 copies, or 18,000 volumes, was sold off, and a new edition of 2,200 printed in the same year. |
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