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Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay

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Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay (French pronunciation: [lwi ɡabʁijɛl dy bɥa nɑ̃sɛ]; 2 March 1732, Tortisambert near Livarot – 18 September 1787, Nançay) was an 18th-century French playwright, historian and political writer.

Born in a noble family of Normandy, Du Buat-Nançay began his diplomatic career as an aide to Hubert de Folard (1709-1803), French ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire. He later became Minister of France in Dresden and Regensburg, then settled in Germany where he married; he spent his last years on his estate in Berry .

Main publications

He translated the Tableau du gouvernement actuel de l'Allemagne, ou Abrégé du droit public de l'Empire traduit de l'allemand, avec des notes historiques et critiques, par M***, Paris, veuve Bordelet, 1755, in-12°, by Johann Jakob Schmauss.

Sources

  • François-Xavier de Feller, Dictionnaire historique ; ou, Histoire abrégée des hommes qui se sont fait un nom, t. 4, Paris, Houdaille, 1836, (p. 225).

External links

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