Joseph-François-Édouard de Corsembleu Sieur de Desmahis (1 March 1723,

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– 25 February 1761, Paris) was an 18th-century French playwright. Desmahis was initially known under the auspices of

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Bibliography

* Anatole Basseville, ''Un poète orléanais. De Corsembleu Desmahis'', Orléans, 1906. * Hervé Finous, ''Desmahis et les Corsembleut : le poète et les robins'' , Hervé Finous, ''Desmahis et les Corsembleut : le poète et les robins'', in "Bulletin de la Société archéologique et historique de l'Orléanais", nouvelle série, tome XVIII, n°149, July 2006, (p. 38). * Roger de Laurière, ''Desmahis de Corsembleu, poète et auteur dramatique orléanais'', in "Bulletin de la Société archéologique et historique de l'Orléanais", nouvelle série, tome III, n°24, 4th trimester 1964, (p. 216-217).

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