Anne of Brittany, I., [36]; built the still existing refectory of the Cordelier Convent, [230]; II., wife and widow of Charles VIII., [186]; marries Louis XII., [187]

Arsenal, the library of the, II., [250] et seq.

Artois, Robert, Comte d', I., [51], [55]

Aubriot, Hugues, Provost of Paris, builder of the Bastille, II., [174]; tower and staircase of, [174] et seq.

Balzac, Honoré de, II., birthplace, [53]; homes in Paris, [54], [60], [61], [62]; site of type foundry, [58]; mode of writing, [64]-[66]; scenes and characters of, [76]-[80]; marriage and death, [81] et seq.

Barras, Paul-François-Jean-Nicolas, Comte de, I., [256]

Barye, Antoine-Louis, II., home and studio of, [253]

Beaumarchais, de Pierre-Augustin Caron, I., birthplace and homes of, [217]-[218]

Béjart, Armande, I., wife and widow of Molière, [119]; sketched, [122] et seq.

—— Madeleine, sister or mother of Armande, friend of Molière, I., [117]; opposes his marriage, [122]