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University of Rhode Island DigitalCommons@URI Art and Art History Faculty Publications Art and Art History 2007 Présents du Roi: An Archive at the Ministry of Foreign A airs in Paris Corinne Thépaut-Cabasset Pamela J. Warner University of R hode Island, pwarner@ Follow this and additional works at : /art_facpubs Part of the History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons Terms of Use All rights reserved under copyright. Citation/Publisher Attribution Thépaut-Cabasset, Corinne. Présents du Roi: An Archive at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. Translated by Pamela J. Warner. Studies in the Decorative Arts 15 (2007): 4-18. /stable/10.1086/652842. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Art and Art History at DigitalCommons@URI. It has been accepted for inclusion in Art and Art History Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@URI. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@. C O R I N N E T H É P A U T - Présents du Roi: A n Archiv e at th e Ministry CABASSE T of Foreign Affairs in Paris In hi s Siècle de Louis XIV (1752) , Voltair e insisted several time s on th e importance of gifts mad e by th e king , both in nationa l affairs an d in hi s relation s with European countries . Th e savant called the m th e trademark of Louis