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J. B. de (Jacques-Benjamin) Saint-Victor
1772–1858
A French man of letters and poet from Saint-Domingue, he is best remembered today for his sweeping historical portrait of Paris and for a body of verse that helped build his reputation in the early 19th century.
8 Audiobooks
Tableau historique et pittoresque de Paris depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours (Volume 1/8)
by J. B. de (Jacques-Benjamin) Saint-Victor
Tableau historique et pittoresque de Paris depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours (Volume 6/8)
by J. B. de (Jacques-Benjamin) Saint-Victor
Tableau historique et pittoresque de Paris depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours (Volume 7/8)
by J. B. de (Jacques-Benjamin) Saint-Victor
Tableau historique et pittoresque de Paris depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours (Volume 2/8)
by J. B. de (Jacques-Benjamin) Saint-Victor
Tableau historique et pittoresque de Paris depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours (Volume 5/8)
by J. B. de (Jacques-Benjamin) Saint-Victor
Tableau historique et pittoresque de Paris depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours (Volume 4/8)
by J. B. de (Jacques-Benjamin) Saint-Victor
Tableau historique et pittoresque de Paris depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours (Volume 8/8)
by J. B. de (Jacques-Benjamin) Saint-Victor
Tableau historique et pittoresque de Paris depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours (Volume 3/8)
by J. B. de (Jacques-Benjamin) Saint-Victor
About the author
Born in Cap-Français, Saint-Domingue, on January 14, 1772, Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins, comte de Saint-Victor, went on to become a French writer and poet. He died in Paris on August 8, 1858.
His work ranges from poetry to large-scale historical writing. Library and catalog records connect him with collections of Oeuvres poétiques and with the multi-volume Tableau historique et pittoresque de Paris, depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours, the ambitious history of Paris for which he is especially known.
His life also touched politics as well as literature. Archival records note that under the Empire he took part in royalist conspiracies and was arrested in Brittany in late 1813, then imprisoned in Paris until the end of the Empire.