Dominique Martin Méon

Dominique Martin Méon (* 1748 in Saint-Nicolas-de-Port ; † 1829 ) was a French Romanist and Medievalist .

life and work

Méon was a librarian in the manuscript department of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and editor of medieval texts.

(Ed.) Blasons, poésies anciennes des XV et XVImes siècles, Paris 1807
(Ed.) Fabliaux et contes des poètes françois des XII, XIII, XIV et XVe siècles, first ed. by Étienne Barbazan , Paris 1756. New ed. and expanded, 4 vols., Paris 1808, Geneva 1976
(Ed.) Le Castoiement, ou Instruction d'un Père à son Fils; ouvrage moral, en vers, composé dans le XIIIe siècle, first ed. by Étienne Barbazan . New ed. and expanded, Paris 1808
(Ed.) Le Roman de la Rose, par Guillaume de Lorris et Jean de Meung. Nouvelle édition revue, 4 vols., Paris 1813
(Ed.) Nouveau recueil de fabliaux et contes inédits, des poètes français des XIIe, XIIIe, XIVe et XVe siècles, 2 vols., Paris 1823
(Ed. With Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de Rochelle ) First transcription of the book by Marco Polo in its French version (Bnf ms. Fr.1116), in: Recueils et voyages de la Société de Géographie de Paris 1, 1824 ( Archives ).
(Ed.) Le Roman du Renart, 4 vols., Paris 1826

Pierre Larousse: Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle . 11, 1874, p. 46

Literature by and about Dominique Martin Méon in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)

personal data
SURNAME	Méon, Dominique Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French Romanist and Medievalist
DATE OF BIRTH	1748
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
DATE OF DEATH	1829