Note 208 — BOOK XIV[162]

The full title of this paper was Tablettes historiques, ou Répertoire de documents historiques, politiques, scientifiques et littéraires, avec une Bibliographie raisonnée. In 1824, after he had been fined and sentenced to a year's imprisonment, M. Coste sold the Tablettes to M. Sosthène de La Rochefoucauld, who was at that time pursuing his policy of buying up the Opposition papers with the funds of the Civil List and sometimes with his own money. One of Coste's collaborators, M. Rabbe, wrote a strong letter to M. Coste, which was inserted in the Courrier français, and led to a duel between the two writers.—B.