Victor Tournachon-Molin (13 October 1771 – 8 August 1837) was a French

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and

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. He was the father of the photographer

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. He was also the first French printer to publish the translation of

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's masterpiece, ''

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'', from 1825 to 1829.

Translation of ''Histoire de ma vie''

After the success of the first German edition of Giacomo Casanova's memoirs, Victor Tournachon edited a pirate edition, without access to the original manuscript. This first French edition was a German to French translation from the French to German

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translation, which results in a very approximate and imperfect text.

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French printers 1771 births 1837 deaths {{France-business-bio-stub

Translation of ''Histoire de ma vie''

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