The Nouvelle Biographie GénéraleIts full title was Nouvelle Biographie Générale, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'a nos jours, avec les renseignements bibliographiques et l'indication des sources a consulter ("New General Biography, from earliest times to the present, with bibliographic information and details of sources to consult"). ("New General Biography") was a 46-volume, French-language, biographical reference work, compiled between 1852 and 1866 by Ferdinand Hoefer, French physician and lexicographer.
The first nine volumes were entitled Nouvelle Biographie Universelle ("New Universal Biography").
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The volumes of the Nouvelle Biographie Générale (pub. Firmin Didot fréres etc.) in various file formats in the Internet Archive:
+Nouvelle Biographie GénéraleVolume From To Volume 1AAAlfezVolume 2Alfieri AragonaVolume 3Aragonèse AzzubeydiVolume 4Baaden-DurlachBeaumanoirVolume 5BeaumarchaisBicciusVolume 6BichatBoulducVolume 7BoulenBzoviusVolume 8CabaciusCasellesVolume 9CasenaveCharostVolume 10CharpentierCochranVolume 11CochraneCortèsVolume 12CortèseDanrémontVolume 13DansDewletVolume 14DexbachDuchesnoisVolume 15DuchyEmmery de Sept-FontainesVolume 16EmmetFaesVolume 17FaeschFlorisVolume 18FlorusFryxellVolume 19Fuad-EffendiGeoffrinVolume 20GeoffrinGoerresVolume 21GoertzGrevileVolume 22GrévinGyulayVolume 23HaagHennequinVolume 24HennertHolophiraVolume 25HolstIrwinVolume 26IsaacJoséphineVolume 27JosépinKoeglerVolume 28KoehlerLa laureVolume 29La LiborlièreLavoisienVolume 30LavoisierLettsomVolume 31Leu.Louis-NapoléonVolume 32Louise se SavoieMaldeghemVolume 33MaldonadoMartialVolume 34Martialis GargiliusMérard de Sainte-JusteVolume 35MératMonnierVolume 36MonniotteMurrVolume 37MurrayNicoliniVolume 38NicolleOzerofVolume 39PaawPhilopémenVolume 40PhiloponusPrevalVolume 41PrévalayeRenouardVolume 42RenoultSaint-AndréVolume 43Saint-AngeSimianeVolume 44SimlerTestaVolume 45TesteVermondVolume 46Verne (La)Zyll. A list of contributors appears at the end of volume 46, the final volume.