Bénigne Dujardin (1689, Paris – 1771?) was a French writer, historian and translator.
He was received
Master of Requests in 1722 but did not carry this title in 1738, likely because he fell out of favor. He then devoted himself to literature under the pseudonym (de) Boispréaux and in particular to translation, in association with
Gottfried Sellius
Gottfried Sellius (real name Gottfried Sell)Blom, p. 36. (1704?–1767) was a German academic and translator. He is known for his work on ''Teredo navalis''. and to be one of the three original initiators of an encyclopedia project, which subsequen ...
.
In response to criticism by
Fréron on his work, he published the ''Anti-feuilles, ou Lettres à madame de ***'', on some judgments in the ''
Année littéraire'', in collaboration with Gottfried Sellius and
Jacques Rochette de La Morlière
Charles-Jacques-Louis-Auguste Rochette de La Morlière, called "Le Chevalier" , (22 April 1719 – 9 February 1785) was an 18th-century French playwright.
Biography
An unscrupulous schemer, La Morlière first sought the support of the party of ...
(Amsterdam, Le Juste et Paris, Quillau, 1754).
Works
* ''L'Histoire de Nicolas Rienzy'', Paris,
Michel-Antoine David
Michel-Antoine David also David l'aîné (1707, ? – 17 March 1769, Paris) was an 18th-century French printer, publisher and Encyclopédiste during the Age of Enlightenment. He was one of the four printers of the ''Encyclopédie''.
Biography ...
, Piget, Prault fils, 1743
Read online.
* ''Anti-feuilles, ou Lettres à madame de ***, sur quelques jugemens portés dans l'Année littéraire'', in collaboration with
Gottfried Sellius
Gottfried Sellius (real name Gottfried Sell)Blom, p. 36. (1704?–1767) was a German academic and translator. He is known for his work on ''Teredo navalis''. and to be one of the three original initiators of an encyclopedia project, which subsequen ...
and
Jacques Rochette de La Morlière
Charles-Jacques-Louis-Auguste Rochette de La Morlière, called "Le Chevalier" , (22 April 1719 – 9 February 1785) was an 18th-century French playwright.
Biography
An unscrupulous schemer, La Morlière first sought the support of the party of ...
, Amsterdam, Le Juste; Paris, Quillau, vol. 1, 1754
Read online.
* ''Le mariage de la raison avec l'esprit'', one-act comedy in verse, Paris, Prault le Jeune, 1754, 32 p.
Read online.
* ''Histoire générale des
Provinces-Unies'', with
Gottfried Sellius
Gottfried Sellius (real name Gottfried Sell)Blom, p. 36. (1704?–1767) was a German academic and translator. He is known for his work on ''Teredo navalis''. and to be one of the three original initiators of an encyclopedia project, which subsequen ...
, Paris, P.G. Simon, 1757-1770. Partially translated from ''L'histoire de la patrie'' by
Jan Wagenaar
Jan Wagenaar (25 October 1709 – 1 March 1773) was a Dutch historian, best known for his contributions to ''Tegenwoordige staat van nederland'' and ''Vaderlandsche Historie''.
Biography
Wagenaar was born in Amsterdam to a Mennonite master ...
.
* ''Avis des éditeurs des trois derniers volumes de l'Histoire générale des Provinces-Unies'' (prospectus), Pierre-Guillaume Simon,
Jean-Michel Papillon, Bénigne Dujardin and
Gottfried Sellius
Gottfried Sellius (real name Gottfried Sell)Blom, p. 36. (1704?–1767) was a German academic and translator. He is known for his work on ''Teredo navalis''. and to be one of the three original initiators of an encyclopedia project, which subsequen ...
, Paris, chez P. G. Simon, Imprimeur du Parlement, rue de la Harpe, Ã l'Hercule, 1770.
Translations
*
, ''Satyre'', London (The Hague ?), J. Nourse, 1742, 2 vol.
* ''Satires'' by
Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener, Paris, 1754, 4 vol. in-12°.
* ''Vie de
P. Aretin'', The Hague, J. Neaulme, 1750; free translation of the text by
Giammaria Mazzucchelli
Count Giammaria Mazzuchelli (or Giovanni Maria Mazzucchelli) (28 October 1707 – 19 November 1765) was an Italian writer, bibliographer and literary historian.
Biography
Mazzuchelli was the son of Count Federico Mazzuchelli ( it., Brescia, 1 ...
.
* ''La double beauté'', novel, Cantorbury (i.e. Paris), 1754, in-12°. It is one episode from the ''Mémoires de
Martin Scriblerus'' by
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early ...
,
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...
, 1748.
Sources
* « Bénigne Dujardin » in Joseph Fr. Michaud, ''Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne'' Paris, L.-G. Michaud, 1837, suppl., vol. 63
p. 94-95
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dujardin, Benigne
1689 births
1770s deaths
Date of death unknown
18th-century French male writers
18th-century French historians
18th-century French journalists
Writers from Paris
18th-century French translators