Maurice Tourneux (12 July 184913 January 1917) was a French man of letters and

bibliographer Bibliography (from and ), as a discipline, is traditionally the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology (from ). English author and bibliographer John Carter describes ''bibliograph ...

Life

The son of the artist and author J.F.E. Tourneux, he was born in Paris. He began his career as a bibliographer by collaborating in new editions of the ''Supercheries littéraires'' of Joseph Quérard and the ''Dictionnaire des anonymes'' of Antoine Barbier. His most important bibliographical work was the ''Bibliographie de l'histoire de Paris pendant la Révolution française'' (3 vols. 1890–1901), which was crowned by the

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. This valuable work serves as a guide for the history of the city beyond the limits of the

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. His other works include bibliographies of

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(1876), of

Théophile Gautier Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( , ; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic. While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and rema ...

(1876), of the brothers de Goncourt (1897) and others; also editions of FM Grimm's ', of

Diderot Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominent figure during t ...

's ''Neveu de Rameau'' (1884), of

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's ''Lettres persanes'' (''

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'', 1886), etc.

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