Baluze. Etienne Baluze, a celebrated French savant

(1630-1718). He was the librarian of Colbert, Louis XlV.th's celebrated minister of finance, and made collections for his library, which gave it great renown. Some 1500 valuable manuscripts and volumes carefully annota ted by Baluze are at présent the property of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. The référence in the text is donbtless to one of Baluze's principal works, entitled : " Regum francorum Capitularia," a remarkable collection enriched by learned notes.