Louis Cordiez

Louis François Cordiez (3 February 1813 – 31 May 1884)[1] was a 19th-century French librarian and playwright.

Louis François Cordiez
Born3 February 1813
Paris
Died31 May 1884(1884-05-31) (aged 71)
Paris
OccupationLibrarian, playwright

An assistant librarian at the Université royale de France as early as September 1832, surnumerary in July 1834, his plays were presented at the Théâtre Beaumarchais and the Théâtre des Variétés.

When he died in 1885, he bequeathed the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal a collection of 8000 theatre plays of the 19th century.[2]

Works
  • 1846: Beaumarchais, historical drama in 3 acts, with Roland Bauchery
  • 1854: Un spahi, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Angel

Bibliography
  • Henry Martin, Histoire de la Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 1900, (p. 595)
  • William George Aston, Sir Ernest Mason Satow, Basil Hall Chamberlain, Bulletin du bibliophile, 2000, (p. 316)
gollark: "I meant to buy one, but I accidentally typed in 28"
gollark: This is *after* being run through autosimplification, by the way.
gollark: I mean, in vague terms, about roughly this problem.
gollark: I warned you.
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References
  1. Bulletin des Bibliothèques et des Archives, 1885, p. 63)
  2. Catalogue des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque de L'Arsenal, 1885, (p. 594-595) (Read online)
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