Edmond Werdet (6 November 1793 - 1870) was a French author and book publisher.

Life

He was married in June 1845 and had one son whose name was Oscar. He went bankrupt in 1837 and again in 1845, dying in poverty.

Author

The following books authored by him are currently extant: * ''Portrait intime de Balzac'' (Paris: E. Dentu, 1859) * ''De la librairie française : Son passé--son présent--son avenir, avec des notices biographiques sur les libraires-éditeurs les plus distingués depuis 1789'' (Paris: E. Dentu, 1860) * ''Souvenirs de la vie littéraire'' (E. Dentu, 1879) * ''Histoire du livre en France depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'en 1789'' (Paris: E. Dentu, 1861; 4 volumes)

Publisher

He was the publisher of the following books: * '' La Vieille Fille'' * ''

Le Lys dans la vallée ''Le Lys dans la Vallée'' (English: ''The Lily of the Valley'') is an 1835 novel about love and society by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It concerns the affection — emotionally vibrant but never consummated — ...

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Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes ''Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes'', translated variously as ''The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans'', ''A Harlot High and Low'', or as ''Lost Souls'', is an 1838-1847 novel by French novelist Honoré de Balzac, published in four initi ...

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Writers from Bordeaux 1793 births 1870 deaths 19th-century French journalists French male journalists French publishers (people) French bibliographers 19th-century French male writers {{publish-bio-stub