Les Lanternistes The Lanternists Académie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse Academy of Sciences, Inscriptions and Humanities of Toulouse

Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1640	Its website () indicates that it was founded in 1640 as the Conférences Académiques, but that it was also known as the Les Lanternistes. According to some publications listed in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. the society was founded in 1640 as the Académie des Lanternistes. Scudder #1679g, however, says that this society was founded in 1640 as Société des Lanternistes. According to the CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database, this society had the following sequence of names: Société des Lanternistes / Les Conférences Académiques (1640); Société des Belles-Lettres (1688); Société des Sciences (1729); Académie Royale des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1746); and Académie des Sciences et Belles-Lettres (1807) [the latter name may be a misprint]. According to Scudder #1679g, " This institution was founded in 1640 and known up to 1704 as the société des lanternistes; in 1729 it formed the société des sciences; in 1746 the académie royale des sciences (afterwards: des belles-lettres); replaced in 1797 by the lycée (1681a); toward 1804 by l'athénée; and in 1807 by the académie des sciences, inscriptions et belles-lettres. — ROBERT." [NOTE: the 1681a refers to the Scudder entry for the Lycée, which lists the serial publication Recueil des ouvrages lus aux séances (1798-1801).] There is also historical information about this society at its website () . Here we learn that the name Lanternistes arose because the members carried lanterns to light their way to the evening meetings along the rather dark streets. Until 1694, the society included poetry within its compass, until the Académie des Jeux Floraux, also based in Toulouse, and specializing in poetry, put a stop to this by obtaining letters-patent from the King granting them a monopoly. From that point on, the society concentrated on science, but also considered philosophy and the humanities in general, excepting poetry.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Toulouse France	This location is supported by Scudder #1679g.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1640 - 1688	Conférences Académiques	Its website () and CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database.
1640 - 1688	Les Lanternistes	Its website () gives this as an alternative name.
1640 - 1688	Société des Lanternistes	CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database and Scudder #1679g. .
1640 - 1688	Académie des Lanternistes	The Bibliot. Nat. France cat. lists the following title: Première époque. Tableau des membres de l'Académie des Lanternistes 1640-1704 (Toulouse: imp. de Douladoure, 1876).
1688 - 1729	Société des Belles-Lettres	CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database
1729 - 1746	Société des Sciences	CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database
1746 - 1793	Académie Royale des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres	Its website ().
1746 - 1792	Académie Royale des Sciences [afterwards: des Belles-Lettres]	Scudder #1679g.
1797 - 1804?	Lycée [de ?] Toulouse	Scudder #1679g.
1804 - 1807?	L'Athenée	Scudder #1679g.
1807 - 1814?	Académie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse	Scudder #1679g. The monarchy was reestablished in 1814; see Governing Regimes in France.
1814? - 1848	Académie Royale des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse	Its publications. The monarchy was reestablished in 1814: see Governing Regimes in France.
1849 - 1852	Académie Nationale des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse	Its publications.
1853 - 1869	Académie Impériale des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse	Its publications.
1870 -	Académie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse	Its publications.
Académie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse = Academy of Sciences, Inscriptions and Humanities of Toulouse

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1782 - 1790 (t.1-t.4); 1807 - 1841; (2. ser., t.1-t.6)   A	Histoire et Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse Although the monarchy was not the Governing Regime in France from 1807 - 1813, the cataloguing data from the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. makes it clear that the first volume of the 2nd series (the 1807 vol.) was not published until 1827, by which time the monarchy had been re-established. Continued by D. Indexed Reuss & Pogg. & RSLC [Harvard Univ. cat.; Univ. of Chicago cat.]	Mem. de Toulouse [Reuss, v.4, p.23 cites T. 3 and T. 4.] Mém. Toulouse [Pogg., v.1, col.230 cites T. I.] Memoires de Toulouse [Reuss, v.1, p.177 cites T. 2.] Toulouse, Mém. Acad. [RSLC, v.1, p.lxxii]
1798 - 1801   B	Recueil des Ouvrages lus dans la Séance publique du Lycée de Toulouse A record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. gives the title as Recueil des Ouvrages lus dans la Séance publique du Lycée de Toulouse with holdings of le 30 germinal an VIII [-IX]. Records in the Cat. Coll. de France give holdings for the séances of 10 floréal, an VIe [1798, April 29]; 30 germinal an VII [1799, April 19]; 30 germinal an VIII [1800, April 20]; and 30 germinal an IXe [1801, April 20]. Indexed Reuss [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.; Cat. Coll. de France]	Rec. des Ouvrages lus — dans Lycée de Toulouse [Reuss, v.4, p.370 cites An 9.]
1814? - 1885/86   C	Annuaire de l' de l'Académie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse [Harvard Univ. cat.]
1844 - 1848 (ser.3: t.1-4)   D	Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse Continues A. Continued by E. Indexed RSLC [Harvard Univ. cat.; Univ. of Chicago cat.]	Toulouse, Mém. Acad. [RSLC, v.1, p.lxxii]
1849 - 1852 (3. ser., t. 5 - 4. ser., t.2)   E	Mémoires de l'Académie Nationale des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse Continues D. Continued by F. Indexed RSLC [Harvard Univ. cat.; Univ. of Chicago cat.]	Toulouse, Mém. Acad. [RSLC, v.1, p.lxxii]
1853 - 1869 (4. ser., t.3 - 7. ser., t.1)   F	Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse Continues E. Continued by H. Indexed RSLC [Harvard Univ. cat.; Univ. of Chicago cat.]	Toulouse, Mém. Acad. [RSLC, v.1, p.lxxii]
1855 - 1868   G	Revue de l'Académie de Toulouse et des autres académies de l'empire [Harvard Univ. cat.]
1870 - 1896   H	Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse Continues F. Continued by I. Indexed RSLC [Harvard Univ. cat.; Univ. of Chicago cat.]	Toulouse, Acad. Sci. Mém. [RSLC, v.9, p.xxix] Toulouse, Ac. Sci. Mém. [RSLC, v.13, p.lxxxvii]
1897/1898 - 1899/1900 (t.1 - t.3)   I	Bulletin de l'Académie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse Continues H. Continued by J. Indexed RSLC [Harvard Univ. cat.; Univ. of Chicago cat.]	Toulouse, Ac. Sci. Bull. [RSLC, v.13, p.lxxxvii]
1901 -   J	Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse Continues I. [Harvard Univ. cat.; Univ. of Chicago cat.]