Louis d'Ussieux, real name Louis Dussieux, (30 March 1744 in Angoulême
[Roger Caratini, Dictionnaire des personnages de la Révolution] – 21 August 1805 in
château des Vaux,
Eure-et-Loir
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'' and collaborated with the ''Collection universelle des mémoires particuliers relatifs à l'histoire de France''. A
Girondin
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, he was banned before being elected in 1795 a member of the
Council of Ancients
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until 1799.
Works
*1770: ''Histoire abrégée de la découverte et de la conquête des Indes par les Portugais''
*1772–1774: ''Le Décaméron français'', 2 vol.
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:Tome 1 : I. Henriette et Luci, ou les Amies rivales, nouvelle écossaise. II. Jeanne Gray, anecdote anglaise. III. Berthold, prince de Moravie, anecdote historique Text online
/small>. IV. Clémence d'Entragues, ou le Siège d'Aubigny, anecdote française. V. Élizène, anecdote ottomane.
:Tome 2 : VI. Les Princes d'Arménie, nouvelle Text online
/small>. VII. Jean sans Peur, duc de Bourgogne, nouvelle française Text online
/small>. VIII. Raymond et Mariane, nouvelle portugaise Text online
/small>. IX. Roger et Victor de Sabran, nouvelle française Text online
/small>. X. Thélaïre, nouvelle mexicaine Text online
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*1774: ''Les Héros français, ou le Siège de Saint-Jean-de-Lone'', drame héroïque in 3 actes et en prose, suivi d'un Précis historique de cet événement Text online
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*1777: ''Gabrielle de Passi'', parodie de Gabrielle de Vergi, en un acte, en prose et en vaudevilles, avec Barthélemy Imbert
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, Théâtre italien de Paris, 30 August
*1783: ''Les Nouvelles françaises'', 3 vol.
*1786: ''Bibliothèque universelle des dames. Botanique'', 2 vol.
*1801: ''Traité théorique et pratique sur la culture de la vigne, avec l'art de faire le vin, les eaux-de-vie, esprit de vin, vinaigres'', with Antoine Parmentier and Jean-Antoine Chaptal
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, 2 vol. Text online 12
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;Translations
*1770: Christoph Martin Wieland: ''Le Nouveau Don Quichotte''
*1771: Christoph Martin Wieland: ''Contes comiques'' Text online
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*1771: Christoph Martin Wieland: ''Les Grâces''
*1772: Collectif : ''Nouvelles espagnoles'', traduites de différentes auteurs, 2 vol.
*1775–1783: Ludovico Ariosto: ''Roland furieux'', 4 vol.
*1786: Christoph Martin Wieland: ''Les Aventures merveilleuses de Don Silvio de Rosalva''
References
Bibliography
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* Dictionnaire des Journalistes, sous la dir. de Jean Sgard, Voltaire Foundation, Oxford, 1999, notice n° 789 rédigée par Nicole Brondel.
* Roger Caratini, Dictionnaire des personages de la Révolution
External links
Louis d'Ussieux
on Data.bnf.fr
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18th-century French writers
18th-century French male writers
18th-century French journalists
18th-century French historians
French agronomists
French translators
People from Angoulême
1744 births
1805 deaths
18th-century French translators