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LABORDE, Léon Emmanuel Simon Joseph, Count de (1807-69). A French archæologist and traveler, son of the preceding, born in Paris. He was educated in Germany, traveled extensively in Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt, and then entered the diplomatic service. In 1847 he was made conservator of the Louvre Museum of Antiques, and in 1857 director-general of the archives of the Empire. His numerous works include: Histoire de la gravure en manière noire (1839); Voyage en Orient, Asie Mineure et Syrie (1837-62); and Les archives de la France (1867).