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Charles-Moïse Briquet

Swiss historian (1839-1918)

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Lived 1839–1918, aged 79Switzerland
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    1839–1918
    Aged 79
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Updated 2026-06-18

Charles Moïse Briquet was a noted Swiss filigranologist. He was the first, or among the first, to suggest the use of watermarks for dating paper. He produced in 1907 the mammoth four-volume work Les Filigranes. His papers, including his collection of traced watermarks, are kept at the Bibliothèque de Genève.

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