Claude-Sixte Sautreau de Marsy
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Claude-Sixte Sautreau de Marsy (1740 – 8 May 1815) was a French journalist and man of letters.
He is best remembered for founding the Almanach des Muses
in 1765. He wrote articles for the Année littéraire and other magazines; he edited the Selected Works (1786) of Dorat
, the Mémoires secrets sur les règnes de Louis XIV et de Louis XV (1790), by Duclos
, the letters of Madame de Maintenon (1800), and other publications.
He is best remembered for founding the Almanach des Muses
Almanach des Muses
L'Almanach des Muses was a poetry journal founded in 1765 by Sautreau de Marsy.Almanacs had known a great vogue during the second half of the 18th century. The aim of the Almanach des Muses was to go beyond what previous almanacs had attempted by presenting to its readership a selection of recent...
in 1765. He wrote articles for the Année littéraire and other magazines; he edited the Selected Works (1786) of Dorat
Claude Joseph Dorat
Claude Joseph Dorat was a French writer, also known as Le Chevalier Dorat.He was born in Paris, of a family consisting of generations of lawyers, and he joined the corps of the kings musketeers...
, the Mémoires secrets sur les règnes de Louis XIV et de Louis XV (1790), by Duclos
Charles Pinot Duclos
Charles Pinot Duclos was a French author.-Life:He was born at Dinan, in Brittany. At an early age, he was sent to study at Paris...
, the letters of Madame de Maintenon (1800), and other publications.
Publications
- Réflexions d’un homme de lettres, à un de ses amis retiré en province, sur la tragédie du Comte de Warvik ("Reflexions of a man of letters on the tragedy of the Comte de Warvik, addressed to one of his friends who had retired to the countryside"), Paris, Dans un caffé. 1763
- Almanach des muses ("Almanac of the muses"), Paris, Delalain, 1766-1833
- Éloge de Charles V, roi de France ("Eulogy of Charles V of FranceCharles V of FranceCharles V , called the Wise, was King of France from 1364 to his death in 1380 and a member of the House of Valois...
"), Geneva, 1767 - Nouvelle anthologie françoise ou choix des épigrammes & madrigaux de tous les poètes françois depuis MarotClément MarotClément Marot was a French poet of the Renaissance period.-Youth:Marot was born at Cahors, the capital of the province of Quercy, some time during the winter of 1496-1497. His father, Jean Marot , whose more correct name appears to have been des Mares, Marais or Marets, was a Norman from the Caen...
jusqu'à ce jour ("New French anthology of epigrams and madrigals by all the French poets from Marot to this day"), Paris, Delalain, 1769-1787, 2 vol. - Recueil des meilleurs contes en vers (Perrault, Sénécé, Voltaire, Grécourt, etc.) ("Collection of the best tales in verse"), Geneva and Paris, Delalain, 1774-1784, 2 vol.
- Le Petit Chansonnier françois, ou, Choix des meilleures chansons, sur des airs connus ("The little French songster, or Selected best songs, on familiar airs"), Geneva and Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1778-1780, 3 vol.
- Annales poétiques, depuis l’origine de la poésie française ("Poetical annals, from the beginnings of French poetry"), with Barthélemy Imbert, 1778-1788, 10 vol.
- Pièces écha[p]pées aux seize premiers almanachs des Muses ("Selected pieces from the first sixteen Muses' Almanacs"), Paris V, Duchêne, 1781
- Nouvelle bibliothèque de société, contenant des faits intéressans, des mélanges de littérature & de morale, des variétés historiques, un choix de bons mots, des poésies fugitives, des contes en vers & en prose, &c. ... ("New Social Cyclopedia, containing interesting facts, blends of literature and morals, historical medleys, a selection of witticisms, occasional poems, tales in verse and in prose, etc..."), London [etc.] Delalain l'aîné, 1782
- Poésies satyriques du dix-huitième siècle ("Satyric poems of the 18th century"), London (i.e. Paris, Cazin), 1782-1788, 2 vol.
- Tablettes d’un curieux, ou Variétés historiques, littéraires et morales ("Study-tables of an enquiring mind"), Brussels, Dujardin and Paris, Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789, 2 vol.
- Nouveau Siècle de Louis XIV, ou Poésies-anecdotes du règne et de la cour de ce prince ; avec notes historiques et des éclairicissemens ("New Sun-King Century, or Poem-anecdotes of the reign and court of this prince"), with François-Joseph-Michel Noël, Paris, F. Buisson, 1793, 4 vol.