André-Charles Cailleau Explained
| André-Charles Cailleau |
| Occupation: | Book publisher |
| Birth Date: | 17 June 1731 |
| Birth Place: | Touraine, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
André-Charles Cailleau (1731–1798) was a French book publisher, bookseller and man of letters.
Life
He was born on 17 June 1731 in Touraine, France.
He was a contemporary of Jacques Charles Brunet.
He died on 12 June 1798 in Paris, France.
Career
Along with Laurent-François Prault, he was one of the most well known and established book publishers and printers of France.[1]
Works
His most well known works are:
- 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
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Evolving Loyalties: A Provincial Printer in Revolutionary Bordeaux | Érudit | Mémoires du livre v2 n1 2010 |. erudit.org. 2015-11-16.
