Germain Bapst
(1853/1921)
Scholar, historian and collector. From a large family of goldsmiths and jewelers originally from Swabia, Germain Bapst published numerous works on art jewelry, including Histoire des joyaux de la couronne, in 1887.
Joseph Baye (of)
(1853/1931)
An archaeologist and anthropologist, he traveled tirelessly in Russia, bringing back numerous studies. He was one of the first to collect documents from the Bolshevik Revolution. Many of his objects have joined museum collections (the Louvre, the Guimet, the Natural History Museum).
Jules Gabriel Berthevin
(born in 1769)
Autographile, writer, curator of the Royal Printing Office.
Alexandre Bibesco (Prince)
(1842/1911)
Man of letters, linguist, bibliophile and mountaineer.
Léon Bonnat
(1833/1922)
Academic painter and portraitist, creator of the Bayonne museum. Elected to the Academy of Fine Arts in 1881, he would also be director of the School of Fine Arts.
Jean Bouhier (president)
(1673/1746)
Magistrate. Academician (1727). His library, renowned throughout Europe, was sold to the Abbey of Clairvaux.
Antoine Marie Henri Boulard
(1754/1825)
A bibliophile, he assembled a library of over 300,000 books; executor of La Harpe's will, editor of the Journal de la Librairie et des Arts, author of numerous translations.