Adrien-Jean-Quentin Beuchot (13 March 1777, in Paris – 8 April 1851, in Paris) was a 19th-century French
bibliographer
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Lyon
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, He then worked briefly with a notary, and eventually studied medicine. In 1794 he was appointed surgeon adjutant by the ninth battalion of the
Isère
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obituaries
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Louis-Gabriel Michaud
Louis-Gabriel Michaud (19 January 1773, Castle Richemont – 8 March 1858) was a French writer, historian, printer, and bookseller. He was notable as the compiler of ''Biographie Universelle'' (1811–).
Life
He became a lieutenant on 15 July ...
, and until 1827, he mainly revised the bibliographic part of this work, to which he ceased to cooperate during printing of vol. XLVIII, due to problems with the publisher, Mr. Michaud. He inserted valuable information in them.
* He also wrote the bibliographic part of the ''Biographie des Hommes vivants'', 1815, 5 volumes in-8. From 1811 to 1849 he conducted with informed care the publication of ''Bibliographie de la France, ou Journal de l’imprimerie et de la Librairie'', useful collection, accompanied by index aimed at facilitating searches.
Great editions
* He also had reprinted, with prefaces and notes:
** the ''Dictionnaire historique'' by
Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle (; 18 November 1647 – 28 December 1706) was a French philosopher, author, and lexicographer. A Huguenot, Bayle fled to the Dutch Republic in 1681 because of religious persecution in France. He is best known for his '' Historica ...
; 1820–1824, 16 volumes in-8°
** the ''Œuvres'' by
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his ...
; 1831–1841, 72 volumes in-8 including 2 of indexes. This edition, the most complete and most prized, was the result of fifteen years of work
From 1828 to 1840 he republished the complete works of Voltaire and wrote several "Avertissements" particularly for ''l'Écossaise'', theatre play written in 1760 (1829), but also for the ''Le Dictionnaire philosophique'', ''La Henriade'', ''l'Essai sur les mœurs'' and ''L'esprit des nations'', etc.
Librarian of the House of Representatives from 1831, Beuchot retired in 1850.
Publications
*1812: ''Nouveau Nécrologe des hommes nés en France ou qui ont écrit en français, morts depuis le 1 janvier 1800''; Paris, in-8 ;
*1814: ''Liberté de la Presse'', in-8 ;
*1814: ''Oraison funèbre de Bonaparte'' ; in-8: recueil piquant des adulations adressées à Napoléon par certains fonctionnaires; il y eut cinq éditions;According to Charles du Rozoir in his article ' of the ''Dictionnaire de la conversation et de la lecture, inventaire raisonné des notions générales les plus indispensables à tous, par une société de savants et de gens de lettres. Sous la direction de M. W. Duckett.'' Paris 1853, second edition, volume 4, pages 252-254, this ''Oraison'' was inspired by the ''Éloge historique ou l'histoire panégyrique et caractéristique d'Emmanuel de Torsac, monarque universel du monde sublunaire, généralissime du Régiment de la calotte, prononcé au Champ de Mars, et dans la chaire d'Érasme, par un orateur du Régiment,'' s. d. (1724).
*1815: ''Opinion d’un Français sur l’Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l’empire''; in-8° ;
*1815: ''Dictionnaire des Immobiles'' ; in 8 ;
*1817: ''Réflexions sur les lois concernant la propriété littéraire'' ; in-8 ;
*1831: ''Notice sur Fénelon, suivie d’une liste chronologique de ses écrits'' ; in-8° ;
* ''Catalogue de la bibliothèque Voltairienne'', unique collection remained in manuscript, including the original editions and reprints of each main Voltaire works with satire, criticism, parody, apologies, etc. on Voltaire..