Louis-Jean-Nicolas Monmerqué (6 December 1780 – 27 February 1860) was a 19th-century French magistrate and man of letters.

Biography

He wrote many biographical notices ( Brantôme, (1823) ;

Madame de Maintenon Madame may refer to: * Madam, civility title or form of address for women, derived from the French * Madam (prostitution), a term for a woman who is engaged in the business of procuring prostitutes, usually the manager of a brothel * ''Madame'' ( ...

, (1828) ; Jean Ier, (1844), in-8°) and mostly editions of ancient documents (memoires and correspondences), including ''Collection de mémoires relatifs à l’histoire de France, depuis Henri IV jusqu’à la paix de Paris'', with Petitot (1819–29, 130 vol. in-8°) ; ''Lettres de Mme de Sévigné'' (1818–19, 10 vol. in-8°), edition reworked by Ad. Régnier in the ''Collection des grands écrivains'' (1861–67, 11 vol. in-8°) ; ''Lettres choisies de Mme de Sévigné et de ses amis à l'usage de la jeunesse'' (1828, Paris, J. J. Blaise, 2 t. in-18°) ; '' by

Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux Gédéon Tallemant, Sieur des Réaux (7 November 1619 – 6 November 1692) was a French writer known for his ''Historiettes'', a collection of short biographies. Biography Born at La Rochelle, he belonged to a wealthy middle-class Huguenot fa ...

'' (1831, 6 vol. in-8°) ; ''Théâtre français du moyen âge, du XIe au XIVe'' (1839, in-8°), etc. His works earned him his election at the

Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigr ...

in 1833. He was twice married to heiresses of the old nobility. He is buried at

Père Lachaise Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery (french: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise ; formerly , "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (). With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Notable figure ...

(54th division)

Sources

Gustave Vapereau Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''. Biography ...

, ''Dictionnaire universel des littératures'', Paris, Hachette, 1876, (p. 1424)

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Louis Jean Nicolas Monmerqué
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of the CTHS mentioning some learned societies to which he belonged. According to Dibdin, he was also a member of the "Société des bibliophiles français". {{DEFAULTSORT:Monmerque, Louis French magistrates French bibliographers Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Writers from Paris 1780 births 1860 deaths Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Officiers of the Légion d'honneur