Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay
Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay (2 March 1732 – 18 September 1787) was an 18th-century French playwright, historian and political writer.
Descended from a noble family of Normandy, Du Buat-Nançay was born at Tortisambert near Livarot. He was a pupil of Jean Charles, Chevalier Folard. Du Buat-Nançay served as Minister of France in Dresden and Regensburg, after which he left the business, settled in Germany where he married and came to finish his last years in his estate in Berry.
He died in Nançay.
Main publications
- 1757: Les Origines, ou l’Ancien gouvernement de la France, de l’Allemagne, de l’Italie, etc., The Hague, 4 vol. in- 12; 1789, 3 vol. in-8°
- 1772: Histoire ancienne des peuples de l’Europe, Paris, Suard et Arnaud, 12 vol. in-12° ;
- 1773: Éléments de la politique, ou Recherche des vrais principes de l'économie sociale, 6 vol. in-8° ;
- 1778: Les Maximes du gouvernement monarchique, 4 vol. in-8°, (against the book by Mey, Maultrot, Aubry).
- 1785: Lettre d’un anti-philosophe de province aux philosophes de la capitale.
- 1785: Remarques d'un Français; ou, Examen impartial du livre de M. Necker sur l'administration des finances de France, pour servir de correctif et de supplément à son ouvrage
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.
References
- François-Xavier de Feller, Dictionnaire historique ; ou, Histoire abrégée des hommes qui se sont fait un nom, t. 4, Paris, Houdaille, 1836, (p. 225).
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