André-Charles Cailleau

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André-Charles Cailleau
Born(1731-06-17)17 June 1731
Touraine, France
Died12 June 1798(1798-06-12) (aged 66)
Paris, France
OccupationBook publisher

André-Charles Cailleau (1731–1798) was a French book publisher, bookseller and man of letters.

Life[edit]

He was born on 17 June 1731 in Touraine, France.[citation needed]

He was a contemporary of Jacques Charles Brunet.

He died on 12 June 1798 in Paris, France.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

Along with Laurent-François Prault, he was one of the most well known and established book publishers and printers of France.[1]

Works[edit]

His most well known works are:[citation needed]

  • Lettres et épîtres amoureuses d'Héloïse et d'Abeilard, tant en vers qu'en prose (Love letters and epistles of Héloïse and Abélard, as much in verse as in prose), 1798
  • The Evenings of the Countryside, 1766
  • Dictionnaire bibliographique, historique et critique des livres rares (A Dictionary of Bibliographical, Historical and Rare Books) with R. Duclos, 3 volumes, 1790

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Evolving Loyalties: A Provincial Printer in Revolutionary Bordeaux | Érudit | Mémoires du livre v2 n1 2010 |". erudit.org. Retrieved 2015-11-16.

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