Jean-Marie-Louis Coupé (18 October 1732 – 10 May 1818) was a French abbé, man of letters and librarian.

Biography

He studied in Paris and was ordained a priest and taught

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at the

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. He then became tutor to the Prince of Vaudemont, son of the Countess de Brionne, with whom he traveled to Germany, Italy and Switzerland. He published several moral and literary works, including the periodical collections of mélanges and literary varieties. He was appointed a royal censor in 1778 and custodian of the titles and genealogies department of the

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in 1785. After the in 1792, he retired in

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and managed to earn a living by making translations of Greek and Latin authors for booksellers. He became honorary censor after the Bourbon Restauration.

Publications

*1772: ''Manuel de morale, dédié à Monseigneur le comte d'Artois'' *1773: ''Dictionnaire des mœurs'' *1785–1787: ''Variétés littéraires, historiques, galantes, etc.'', 8 vol. *1779–1781: ''Histoire universelle des théâtres de toutes les nations, depuis Thespis jusqu'à nos jours'', with

Desfontaines-Lavallée François-Georges Fouques Deshayes (1733, Caen - 25 November 1825), known as Desfontaines or Desfontaines-Lavallée, was a French writer and playwright. Before the French Revolution he worked as a royal censor, secretary and librarian. He cooper ...

, Testu et Le Fuel de Méricourt, 13 vol. *1795–1799: ''Les Soirées littéraires, ou Mélanges de traductions nouvelles des plus beaux morceaux de l'antiquité, de pièces instructives et amusantes, françaises et étrangères'', 10 vol. *1801–1802: ''Spicilège de littérature ancienne ou moderne, ou Recueil d'ouvrages grecs et latins de tous les âges et de tous les genres ignorés ou peu connus'', 2 vol. ;Translations *1778: Michel de L'Hospital : ''Essai de traduction de quelques épîtres et autres poésies latines de Michel de L'Hôpital, avec des éclaircissements sur sa vie et son caractère'', 2 vol. *1795:

Seneca the Younger Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger ( ; AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoicism, Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, a dramatist, and in one work, a satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. Seneca ...

: ''Théâtre de Sénèque. Traduction nouvelle, enrichie de notes historiques, littéraires et critiques, et suivie du texte latin corrigé d'après les meilleurs manuscrits'', 2 vol. *1796: Daniel Heinsius : ''Éloge de l'âne'', *1796:

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: ''Opuscules'', 2 vol. *1796:

Theognis of Megara Theognis of Megara (, ''Théognis ho Megareús'') was a Greek lyric poet active in approximately the sixth century BC. The work attributed to him consists of gnomic poetry quite typical of the time, featuring ethical maxims and practical advice ...

: ''Sentences. Poème moral de Proclyde''

Bibliography

Pierre Larousse Pierre Athanase Larousse (; 23 October 18173 January 1875) was a French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist. He published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of 19th-century France, including the 15-volume . Early ...

, ''Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle'', vol. V, 1869, p. 320 *Jean-Philippe Gérard et Thierry Sarmant, « Les gardes du département des Titres et généalogies et les employés attachés au Cabinet des titres. 1720 à 1883 », Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2005.

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