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Louis Moréri

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31: 344: 232:. Moréri's one-volume edition of 1674 and posthumous two-volume edition of 1681 were revised and expanded by others after his death. At least twenty-four editions were published between 1674 (one volume) and 1759 (ten volumes). The encyclopedia was also translated and adapted into English, German, Dutch and Spanish. 199: 186:, then the minister of foreign affairs. Three years later, he was hired to be a tutor for Pomponne's children. During this time, he worked on a second edition of his encyclopedia. In 1680, midway through the printing of the second edition, he died of 413: 423: 428: 325: 224:
in 1674. The encyclopedia focused almost exclusively on historical and biographical articles. Moréri dedicated it to Gaillard de Longjumeau, the
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In 1675, shortly after publishing the first edition of his encyclopedia, Moréri accompanied his bishop to Paris, where he became acquainted with
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Chappuzeau worked in Lyon for a time. For his claim of priority, see J. Caullery, "Notes sur Samuel Chappuzeau,"
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Notable Encyclopedias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Nine Predecessors of the Encyclopédie
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Le Grand Dictionaire historique, ou le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane
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The Great Historical Dictionary, or Curious Anthology of Sacred and Secular History
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and taken the name of the village of Moréri, which he acquired through marriage.
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Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire du protestantisme français
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La pratique de la perfection chrétienne et religieuse
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Digital Dictionnaire de Moréri at the ARTFL Project
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Bargemon
France
Paris
France
French
priest
encyclopedist
Bargemon
province
Provence
Dijon
Provence
Charles IX of France
Draguignan
rhetoric
philosophy
Jesuit
Aix-en-Provence
ordained
Lyon
theologian
Alonso Rodriguez
Samuel Chappuzeau
Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne
tuberculosis

Le grand dictionaire historique
Le Grand Dictionaire historique, ou le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane
Lyon

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