Louis Perceau (22 September 1883 – 20 April 1942) was a 20th-century French

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. He used several pseudonyms including ''Helpey bibliographe poitevin'', ''Dr. Ludovico Hernandez'', ''Alexandre de Vérineau'', ''Un vieux journaliste'', ''Radeville et Deschamps'', ''marquis Boniface de Richequeue'', sometimes jointly with Fernand Fleuret.

Career

First a tailor, Louis Perceau was in Paris from 1901. He became editor at ' and ''La Vie socialiste'' and his socialist activism earned him the friendship of

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and Albert Thomas, but also an arrest and imprisonment for six months (1906). He then actively participated in reforming the

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in 1920.Delaume, ''op. cit.'' Perceau was also passionate about satirical poetry, erotic writings and literature scholarly research. His two most famous works reflect his passions: ' with

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and Fernand Fleuret published in 1913 ; ' published in 1934. He used facetious pseudonyms, sometimes shared with Fleuret, because he was stuck since 1906 by the police and to cover his licentious poetic publications and erotic books presentations from the corpus of the Grand Siecle or

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. He secretly collaborated as editorial advisor with Maurice Duflou and probably Rene Bonnel. Early 1942, he joined the

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and began a lawsuit against the anti-Semitic journal ''

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'' but died soon after. His ashes are kept in the (case n°976).

Main works

*1913: With Guillaume Apollinaire and Fernand Fleuret: ''L'Enfer de la Bibliothèque nationale'', Mercure de France, Paris, eprint in 1919*1920: With Fernand Fleuret: ''Les Œuvres satyriques du sieur de Sigogne : première édition complète, d'après les recueils et manuscrits satyriques, avec un discours préliminaire, des variantes et des notes'', Paris, Bibliothèque des curieux. *1921: Ludovico Hernandez erceau and Fleuret: ''Le Procès inquisitorial de

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(Barbe-Bleue), maréchal de France, avec un essai de réhabilitation'', Paris, Bibliothèque des curieux, 210 p.
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*1922: With Fernand Fleuret : ''Les Satires françaises du XVIe, recueillies et publiées, avec une préface, des notices et un glossaire'', Paris, Garnier frères - including poems by

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*1927: ernand Fleuret et Louis Perceau: ''Contes saugrenus, Pierre Sylvain Maréchal, notice et bibliographie par le chevalier de Percefleur'', Paris, Bibliothèque des Curieux. *1928: Helpey . Perceau: ''Le Cabinet secret du Parnasse, recueil de poésies libres, rares ou peu connues pour servir de supplément aux œuvres dites complètes des poètes français'', Au Cabinet du livre. *1930: Helpey . Perceau: ''Bibliographie du roman érotique au XIX : donnant une description complète de tous les romans, nouvelles et autres ouvrages en prose, publiés sous le manteau, en français de 1800 à nos jours, et de toutes leurs réimpressions'', G. Fourdrinier. *1933: Helpey . Perceau: ''Vie anecdotique de

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'', G. Briffaut. *1934: *1941: With Geneviève Thibault, ''Bibliographie des poésies de

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mis en musique au XVIe'', Paris, Société française de musicologie - notice on

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*1967: osthumous''Contes de la Pigouille'', éditions du Marais - illustrated by Pierre Bugeant, this collection contains 20 tales written in 1916-1920 *undated: ''Histoires raides pour l'instruction des jeunes filles'', illustrated

Studies

* Vincent Labaume : ''Louis Perceau, le polygraphe'', Jean-Pierre Faur publisher, 2005 () with a complete bibliography of his works established by Pierre-Alexandre Soueix.

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