Alfred Pereire


Alfred-Isaac Pereire was a 20th-century French historian and bibliographer.

Biography

The son of Gustave Pereire and grandson of Isaac Pereire, he was conscripted during the First World War from 1914 to 1918.
He was the founder and general secretary of the Société des amis de la Bibliothèque nationale de France and organized several exhibitions at the Bibliothèque nationale. He was also general secretary of the.
He was of Portuguese-Jewish descent.

Publications (selection)

  • 1906: Des Premiers rapports entre Saint-Simon et Auguste Comte : d'après des documents originaux
  • 1912:
  • 1933: Un florilège des beaux livres français
  • 1934: A propos d'une édition originale rarissime de Ronsard
  • 1937: Vie de Pie XI
  • 1949: ''L'universalité de l'art''