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J. G. (John Gustavus) Lemaistre
d. 1840
An English barrister and travel writer, he is remembered for lively books that observed Paris and continental Europe in the early 1800s. His work captures the curiosity and movement of a traveler writing in the years around the Peace of Amiens.
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A rough sketch of modern Paris : or, Letters on society, manners, public curiosities, and amusements, in that capital
by J. G. (John Gustavus) Lemaistre
About the author
John Gustavus Lemaistre was an English author and barrister who died in 1840. Archival and library records identify him as the son of Stephen Caesar Lemaistre, educated at Westminster School and Oxford, and later called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn.
He is best known for travel writing, including A Rough Sketch of Modern Paris (1803), written from his stay in the French capital in 1801–1802, and Travels after the Peace of Amiens, which followed journeys through parts of France, Switzerland, Italy, and Germany. These books suggest a writer interested in society, manners, public life, and the changing face of Europe after war.
Some records give slightly different birth years, but they agree on his death in 1840. A surviving memorial record noted by Trinity College, Cambridge places his death at Cheltenham on November 4, 1840.