REPLY1850
QUERIES ANSWERED, NO. 8
By BOLTON CORNEY.
Passing over various queries of early date, on which it has been my intention to offer some suggestions, I have *endeuoyred me*, as Master Caxton expresses it, to illustrate three subjects recently mooted. *Trianon* (No. 27.).—The origin of this name is thus stated by M. Dolort, in his excellent work entitled *Mes voyages aux environs de Paris*, ii. 88. "*Le grand Trianon.*—Appelé au 13e siècle *Triarmun*, nom d'une ancienne paroisse, qui était divisée en trois villages dépendant du diocèse de Chartres. Cette terre, qui appartenait aux moines de Sainte-Geneviève, fut achetée par Louis XIV. pou…
Topics: Paper Manufacturing, Tobacco Cultivation, Historical Accounts, East Indian Luxuries
Locations: Trianon, Paris, Chartres, Versailles, Java, Bantam, East Indies, London