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Léon, Marquis de Laborde (1807–1869)
Laborde, Léon, Marquis de (lä-bord’). A French miscellaneous writer, son of Alexandre; born in Paris, June 15, 1807; died there, March 25, 1869. Having accompanied his father on a trip to the East, he wrote: ‘Journey in Arabia Petræa’ (1830–33); ‘Journey in the East’ (2 vols., 1837–62); ‘History of Engraving’ (1839); ‘The Dukes of Burgundy’ (1849–51); ‘The Renaissance of the Arts at the Court of France. Vol. I.: Painting’ (1855). In the revolution of 1830 he was General Lafayette’s adjutant, was afterwards in the diplomatic service at London, The Hague, and Cassel, and succeeded to his father’s office.