Editing Maurice Tourneux

{{Short description|French man of letters and bibliographer (1849–1917)}}
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[[File:MauriceTourneux.png|thumb|Jean-Maurice Tourneux in his library]]
'''Maurice Tourneux''' (12 July 1849{{snd}}13 January 1917) was a French man of letters and [[bibliographer]].

==Life==
The son of the artist and author [[J.F.E. Tourneux]], he was born in Paris.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

He began his career as a bibliographer by collaborating in new editions of the ''Supercheries littéraires'' of [[Joseph Marie Quérard|Joseph Quérard]] and the ''Dictionnaire des anonymes'' of [[Antoine Barbier]]. His most important bibliographical work was the ''Bibliographie de l'histoire de Paris pendant la Révolution française'' (3 vols. 1890–1901), which was crowned by the [[Academy of Inscriptions]]. This valuable work serves as a guide for the history of the city beyond the limits of the [[French Revolution|Revolution]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

His other works include bibliographies of [[Prosper Mérimée]] (1876), of [[Théophile Gautier]] (1876), of the brothers [[de Goncourt]] (1897) and others; also editions of [[Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm|FM Grimm]]'s ''{{lang|fr|Correspondance littéraire}}'', of [[Denis Diderot|Diderot]]'s ''Neveu de Rameau'' (1884), of [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]]'s ''Lettres persanes'' (''[[Persian Letters]]'', 1886), etc.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

==References==
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'''Attribution:'''
*{{EB1911|wstitle=Tourneux, Jean Maurice|volume=27|page=107}}

== External links ==
* {{Gutenberg author | id=32075| name=Maurice Tourneux}}
* {{Internet Archive author |name=Maurice Tourneux}}
* [http://data.bnf.fr/11926931/maurice_tourneux/ Maurice Tounreux] on [[data.bnf.fr]]
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[[Category:Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni]]
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[[Category:Denis Diderot]]
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