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André-Charles Cailleau
André-Charles Cailleau (1731–1798) was a French book publisher.
Life.
He was born on June 17, 1731 in Touraine, France.
He was a contemporary of Jacques Charles Brunet.
He died on June 12, 1798 in Paris, France.
Career.
Along with Laurent-François Prault, he was one of the most well known and established book publishers and printers of France.
Works.
His most well known works are:
- "
In 1763, Charles-Pierre Colardeau loosely translated the version of the story imagined by Pope, which depicted Héloïse as a recluse writing to Abelard, and spread the sentimental version of the legend over the continent.
- An edition designed by André-Charles Cailleau and produced by the heiress of André Duchesne further spread amongst reading audiences a collection of these re-imaginings of the figure of Héloïse.
Influence on literature Romantic period.
- At the very beginning of the romantic period, in 1807, a neo-Gothic