Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Marseille Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Marseille

Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1726	According to its website (), the Academy was founded with letters patent in 1726, August. The Saur World Guide (1998), p.64, however, gives a founding date of 1715. The solution to this puzzle may lie in a 1716 letter by de La Roque proposing the founding of the Academy, since the existence of this public letter suggests that an Académie may have existed informally (i.e. without external financial assistance) for some time before it was formally founded in 1726. An interesting feature of this letter is an extended passage (pp.125-130) referring to an earlier Académie de Marseille, which appears to have existed in ancient times. Its website () gives the following sequence of names for the Academy: (a) in 1726 Académie des Belles-Lettres (b) in 1766 Académie des Belles-Lettres, Sciences et Arts (c) suppressed by the Revolution (d) in 1799 Lycée des Sciences et des Arts (e) in 1802 Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts In Scudder #1207, we find a somewhat different account: This academy, founded in 1726, became in 1766: Société des sciences et arts (#1212a); in 1799: Lycée des sciences et arts; and in 1802: Académie des sciences, lettres et arts (#1208).
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Marseille France	This location is supported by the name of the Academy.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1726 - 1766 or 1778	Académie des Belles-Lettres de Marseille	Start date for this name is given by its website (), which also gives an end date of 1766. It publications, however, suggest an end date of 1778.
1766 or 1779 - 1793	Académie des Belles-Lettres, Sciences et Arts de Marseille	Start date of 1766 for this name is given by its website (), which also indicates that it was then suppressed by the Revolution (hence, 1793). It publications, however, suggest a start date of 1779.
1799 - 1802	Lycée des Sciences et des Arts	Its website ().
1802 - 1895	Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Marseille	Its website () gives a start date of 1802. It publications gives an end date of 1895.
1803? - 1814?	Académie de Marseille	It publications.
1810? - 1817?	Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Marseille	It publications.
1896 -	Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Beaux-Arts de Marseille	It publications.
1896 -	Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Marseille	It publications.
Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Marseille = Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Marseille

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1727 - 1786   A	Recueil de Plusieurs Pièces de Poésie présentées à l'Académie des Belles-Lettres de Marseille... The Bibliot. Nat. France cat. record indicates that it included both poetry and pieces of eloquence, that the title varied frequently ("Odes..." ; "Discours...") and that from 1779 the title was Recueil de l'Académie des Belles-Lettres, Sciences et Arts de Marseille. [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]
an IX - an X [i.e. 1801]   B	Journal des Sciences et Arts du département des Bouches-du-Rhône. Rédigé par des membres du Lycée des Sciences et Arts de Marseille Continued by D. [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]
1803 - 1814 (t.1 - t.12   C	Mémoires / publ. par l'Académie de Marseille Continued by F. Indexed Reuss & RSLC [GBV German Union cat.; Scudder #1207b]	Mem. de Marseille [Reuss, v.10, p.7 cites T.5.] Marseille, Mém. Acad. [RSLC, v.1, p.l]
an XIII [i.e. 1804/05] (t.I - t.III)   D	Journal du département des Bouches-du-Rhône. Rédigé par des membres de l'Académie de Marseille The Bibliot. Nat. France cat. record indicates that later it was called Journal du département des Bouches-du-Rhône et petites affiches de Marseille. Continues B. [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]
1810, 1811, 1815, 1816, 1817 [publ. 1811 - 1817]   E	Notice des Travaux de l'Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Marseille The Bibliot. Nat. France cat. record indicates that Année 1810 was by Casimir Rostan et al., 1811 was by Joseph Vincent Martin et al., and 1815 - 1817 were by the chevalier Lautard et al. Scudder #1208c indicates that for part of the run the title was Rapport sur les Travaux.... [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.; Scudder #1208c]
2.Sér. 1.1846 - 1895   F	Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Marseille The years of the run are as given in the GBV German Union cat. record. Scudder #1208b gives the years for the first 10 volumes as 1846 - 76. But RSLC, v.1, p.l indicates that for the second series, Vols.I-III correspond to 1826 - 1843. Continues C. Continued by G. Indexed RSLC [GBV German Union cat.; Scudder #1208b]	Marseille, Mém. Acad. [RSLC, v.1, p.l]
1896 -   G	Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Beaux-Arts de Marseille A record in the Univ. Calif. cat. gives the title for this time period as Mémoires. Académie des sciences, lettres et arts de Marseille. A record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. gives both forms of the name for the Academy for this publication; it also indicates that volumes for the title did not appear from 1945 to 1970, a 1969/1971 volume appeared in 1971, and after another gap, volumes began to appear regularly with a 1972/1982 volume in 1983. Continues F. [GBV German Union cat.; Univ. Calif. cat.; Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]