Gabriel Peignot


Étienne-Gabriel Peignot was a 19th-century French bibliographer.

Biography

First a lawyer in Besançon, Gabriel Peignot was a librarian and inspector of several institutions. He was a member of the Académie celtique of Paris, and of several literary societies.
Peignot was one of the most famous bibliographers of his time. Pierre Larousse in his edition of the 19th century encyclopedia states:
Gabriel Peignot published a book, Le Livre des singularités, under the pseudonym "G.P. Philomneste".

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