L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux
L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux (French: The Intermediate of the Researchers and Curious), abbreviated as ICC, is a monthly French magazine consisting of questions and answers of its readers on various encyclopedic topics. It focuses mainly on art, history, genealogy, literature, and religions.
 ICC in 1864 | |
| Editor | Charles-Henri de Sommyèvre |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Philippe Houël de Chaulieu |
| Frequency | Monthly (11 issues per year) |
| Publisher | Charles-Henri de Sommyèvre |
| Founder | Carle de Rash (Charles Read) |
| Year founded | 1864 |
| Company | ICC Editions |
| Country | France |
| Based in | Paris |
| Language | French |
| Website | icc-edition.fr |
| ISSN | 0994-4532 |
| OCLC | 980954198 |
History
The magazine appeared from 1864[1] to 1940. Initially it focused on the arts and all sciences.[2] It reappeared in April 1951, first under a slightly different name.
A high-ranking official of Scottish origin, Charles Read, under the pseudonym of Carle de Rash, was the founder and the first director. He took as a model the Notes and Queries, published in London, and based it on the same principle. Genealogical and nobility issues gained in importance following the reappearance in 1951.
Since 1981 ICC is not published in September, i.e. the number of issues reduced from 12 to 11 per year.
Editors
- Octave Lebesgue (1900–1931)
- Philippe du Puy de Clinchamps (1913–1971), founder of the new series in 1951
- Lucien Boisnormand
- Patrice du Puy de Clinchamps, son of Philippe
- Philippe Houël de Chaulieu
- Charles-Henri de Sommyèvre
Other contributors
- Paul Masson, between 1879 and 1895
- Gustave Bord
Price
The ICC is sold by annual subscription:
- 1985: 400 French francs
- 1990: 485 French francs
- 1995: 608 French francs
- 2000: 635 French francs
- 2012: 99 Euro[3]
References
- L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux, Issues 640-650, 1864 - Questions and answers
- Jesper Lützen, Around Caspar Wessel and the Geometric Representation of Complex Numbers: Proceedings of the Wessel Symposium at The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen, August 11-15 1998. Invited Papers, 2001, ISBN 8778762367
- "L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux, Official website". Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
External links
- L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux, 1864-1937, Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Gallica