Quotes:Duchoul, Guillaume

Zirkoff, Boris

Duchoul, Guillaume (Lat. Caulius). Noted French antiquary, bom at Lyon in the XVIth century in a distinguished family, and was named bailli of the mountains of Dauphiné, a post which he retained until his death, the year of which is unknown. He lived at Lyon in a house situated on the Gourguillon Hill, in the vicinity of which a great many finds were made of ancient coins and other objects. Duchoul bought many of these and became greatly interested in the subject. He travelled in Italy and established relations with some of the most learned antiquaries of the day. He published the result of his findings in a work entitled *Discours sur la castramétation et discipline militaire des Romains, Lyon, 1555, fol., which was almost immediately followed by another one entitled *Discours sur la religion des anciens Romains, Lyon, 1556, fol. Both of these works complement each other. They have been republished at Lyon, 1567,1581, 4to; and at Wesel, 1672, 4to, and 1731; and have been transl. into Italian, Latin and Spanish. La Croix du Maine ascribed to Duchoul some twelve works on the antiquities of Rome and Gaul.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 11, p. 572