Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke

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Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke

Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke (born December 26, 1780 in Paris , † July 11, 1844 in Meudon ) was a French writer and publisher .

Life

Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke was a son of the bookseller Charles-Joseph Panckoucke and studied law. He later followed his mother in running his father's business. His most important published articles are the Lettres de Voltaire et Rousseau ; the Dictionnaire des sciences médicales (60 vols., 1812–22); the Victoires et conquêtes des Français (27 vols., 1816-27); the Description de l'Égypte , a magnificent work in 25 volumes with 900 coppers, the Napoleon I begin, Louis XVIII. let finish; the Barreaux français et anglais (19 vols., 1821ff.); the Bibliothèque latine-française (178 vols., 1826–39 and 34 vols., 1842–49), a sumptuously furnished collection of Roman classics with French translation, which, however, does not show the state of French philology in a favorable light (he himself provided the translation of all the works of Tacitus ). Of Panckoucke's own writings, it is worth mentioning: Essai sur l'exposition, la prison et la peine de mort (1807); Voyage pittoresque aux îles Hebrides, etc. , with 25 coppers drawn by himself, including his wife Ernestine Anne Desormeaux (1784–1860) is famous as the translator of several poems by Goethe .

Pauckoucke died July 11, 1844 at the age of 63 in Meudon. His son Ernest (1808–1886) worked, among other things, as a translator for Horace .

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personal data
SURNAME Panckoucke, Charles Louis Fleury
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1844
Place of death Meudon