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Joseph François Édouard de Corsembleu

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25 February 1761, Paris, France

Joseph-François-Édouard de Corsembleu Sieur de Desmahis (1 March 1723, Sully-sur-Loire – 25 February 1761, Paris) was an 18th-century French playwright.

Desmahis was initially known under the auspices of Voltaire by fugitive plays, including::

  • Le Voyage de Saint-Germain ;
  • L’Heureux amant qui sait te plaire.
  • 1750: L’Impertinent, ou le Billet perdu two-act comedy.

    • He contributed the articles FAT and FEMME to the Encyclopédie by Diderot and D’Alembert.

    His Œuvres were collected in 2 vol. in-12 (1778).

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    Joseph-François-Édouard de Corsembleu Wikipedia
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