Frédéric Lachèvre (January 24, 1855, Paris – October 24, 1943) was a French

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, erudit and

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, specialist in libertinage in the 17th century.

Biography

A Parisian of old Norman stock, Frédéric Lachèvre was a bibliophile who was brought by his passion for books to be interested in forgotten and neglected people of the reign of

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during the 17th century, people of whom he became the historian. After he began working at the

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, he was appointed director of the ''Compagnie nouvelle du chemin de fer d'Arles à Saint-Louis-du-Rhône'' but withdrew from business at age 45 in order to entirely indulge in his passion for literature. He was the author of a voluminous study on libertinism in the seventeenth century, collections of poetry of the 16th and 17th centuries, and bibliographies. Among others, he edited Angot de l'Éperonnière, Courval-Sonnet,

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, Corneille-Blessebois, Claude Le Petit, Vallée Des Barreaux,

Théophile de Viau Théophile de Viau (159025 September 1626) was a French Baroque poet and dramatist. Life Born at Clairac, near Agen in the Lot-et-Garonne and raised as a Huguenot, Théophile de Viau participated in the Huguenot rebellions in Guyenne from 1615– ...

, Estienne Durand, Boileau, Gabriel de Foigny, Jean Dehénault,

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, Étienne Martin de Pinchesne, Hercule de Lacger, Roger de Collerye, Saint-Pavin, Héliette de Vivonne, Isaac Du Ryer, Claude de Chaulne, Ch. de Besançon, Condé, Hotman, Carpentier de Marigny, Patris, le Chevalier de Rivière.

Publications

*1901–1905: ''Bibliographie des recueils collectifs de poésies publiés de 1597 à 1700'', 4 vol., Paris, H. Leclerc. *1908: ''Voltaire mourant. Enquête faite en 1778 sur les circonstances de sa dernière maladie'', Paris,

Honoré Champion Honoré Champion (1846–1913) was a French publisher. He founded Éditions Honoré Champion in 1874 and published scientific works geared towards laymen, particularly concerning history and literature. Champion died from an embolism on 8 April ...

. *1909–1911: ''Le Procès du Poète Théophile de Viau'', 2 vol. - Geneva, Slatkine Reprints, 1968. *1912: ''La Querelle des anciens et des modernes'', Paris, Leclerc. *1914: ''Les Recueils collectifs de poésies libres et satiriques publiés depuis 1600 jusqu'à la mort de Théophile (1626)'', Champion. *1920: '' Geoffroy Vallée (brûlé le 9 février 1574) et La béatitude des Chrestiens : l’ancêtre des libertins du XVIIe'', Champion. *1921: ''Les Œuvres libertines de Cyrano de Bergerac'', 2 volumes. *1922: ''Bibliographie des recueils collectifs de poésies du XVIe'', Champion. *1922: ''Claude Le Petit et la Muse de la cour'', Champion. *1927: ''Le Casanova du XVIIe. Pierre Corneille Blessebois, Normand (1646?-1700?)'', Champion. *1928: ''Bibliographie sommaire de l'Almanach des muses (1765-1833)'', Giraud-Badin. *1929: ''Glanes bibliographiques et littéraires'', Paris, L. Giraud-Badin. * ''Les Derniers Libertins'', Genève, Slatkine Reprints, 1968. *1929: ''Un point obscur de la vie de Scarron : Scarron et sa Gazette burlesque'', Paris, Giraud-Badin.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lachevre Frederic French bibliographers French bibliophiles French literary critics 1855 births Writers from Paris 1943 deaths