Pierre Jannet (bibliographer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre Jannet (bibliographer)

Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1820

Place of Birth: Saint-Germain-de-Grave, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 23-Nov-1870

Profession: writer, translator, bibliographer, hellenist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Pierre Jannet (5 January 1820, Saint-Germain-de-Grave – November 1870, Paris) was a 19th-century French bibliophile and bibliographer. A self-educated publisher, Jannet published with the assistance of Ternaux-Compans, the Bibliothèque elzévirienne, elegant collection of 16th-century French writers, of which he edited himself several volumes: l’Ancien Théâtre Français, les Facétieuses de Straparole, etc. He wrote several collections of bibliographies.