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Alexandre, Comte de Laborde (1773–1842)
Laborde, Alexandre Louis Joseph, Count de (lä-bord’). A French writer of travels; born in Paris, Sept. 17, 1773; died there, Oct. 24, 1842. He wrote: ‘Picturesque and Historic Journey in Spain’ (4 vols., 1807–18; new ed. 1823); ‘Description of the New Gardens and Ancient Castles of France’ (1808–15); ‘The Monuments of France’ (2 vols., 1816–36); ‘Picturesque Journey in Austria’ (3 vols., 1821–23); ‘Descriptive Itinerary of Spain’ (3d ed. 6 vols., 1827–31); ‘Versailles, Ancient and Modern’ (1840). He was a soldier, accompanying Napoleon to Spain and Austria, and a politician.