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Isaac de Laffemas(c.1587 – Paris, 16 March 1657) was an 17th-century French poet and playwright, lieutenant civil de la prévôté de Paris.
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Biography
The son of Barthélemy de Laffemas and Marguerite Lebret, Isaac de Laffemas was first attracted to the theater while his father, Comptroller General of Trade, faced the biggest problems of the regulation of manufacturing and development of sericulture.
A poet and playwright, he wrote several mazarinades.
He composed a theatre play, L'Instabilité des félicités amoureuses, or La Tragi-Pastorale des amours infortunés de Phelemas et de Gaillargeste, published in Rouen in 1605.
Outside the literary field, he also published a Histoire du commerce de France enrichie des plus notables faicts de l'antiquité et du trafic en pays étrangers chez Pierre Pautonnier in 1604.
Legacy
Tallemant des Réaux who had been in conflict with him recognized that he never stole in his intendances.
In Marion Delorme, Victor Hugo recalls its very dark reputation:
Demon, I have seen in thee eyes the sinister flame of this ray of Hell that lit up your soul
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Descendants
Isaac de Laffemas had six children from two marriages including: