Jules Gay
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| '''Jules Gay''' (born in Paris in 1807, died in Brussels in 1887) was a French publisher working in Paris when he was forced to move to Brussels, Belgium after being convicted in an obscenity trial in May 1863. In Brussels, he teamed up with [[Malassis]]. | '''Jules Gay''' (born in Paris in 1807, died in Brussels in 1887) was a French publisher working in Paris when he was forced to move to Brussels, Belgium after being convicted in an obscenity trial in May 1863. In Brussels, he teamed up with [[Malassis]]. | ||
| - | Jules Gay is best remembered for his 1861 bibliographic work ''Bibliographie des principaux ouvrages relatifs À l'amour, aux femmes, au mariage''. The work runs to 2,500 pages in double column and is devoted primarily to works in the French language. Gay’s work is considered, along with Nay’s [pseud. [[Hugo Hayn]]] ''Biblioteca Germanorum Erotica'', as the most important of bibliographies of erotica. The 35,000 books it describes far exceeds any reference except Nay’s. [Jan 2005] | + | Jules Gay is best remembered for his 1861 bibliographic work ''Bibliographie des principaux ouvrages relatifs À l'amour, aux femmes, au mariage''. The work runs to 2,500 pages in double column and is devoted primarily to works in the French language. Gay’s work is considered, along with [[Hugo Hayn]]’s ''Biblioteca Germanorum Erotica'', as the most important of bibliographies of erotica. The 35,000 books it describes far exceeds any reference except Hayn’s. [Jan 2005] |
| ==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| *Gay, Jules. ''L'Italie méridionale et l'empire Byzantin: Livre II''. Burt Franklin: New York, 1904. | *Gay, Jules. ''L'Italie méridionale et l'empire Byzantin: Livre II''. Burt Franklin: New York, 1904. | ||
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Jules Gay (born in Paris in 1807, died in Brussels in 1887) was a French publisher working in Paris when he was forced to move to Brussels, Belgium after being convicted in an obscenity trial in May 1863. In Brussels, he teamed up with Malassis.
Jules Gay is best remembered for his 1861 bibliographic work Bibliographie des principaux ouvrages relatifs À l'amour, aux femmes, au mariage. The work runs to 2,500 pages in double column and is devoted primarily to works in the French language. Gay’s work is considered, along with Hugo Hayn’s Biblioteca Germanorum Erotica, as the most important of bibliographies of erotica. The 35,000 books it describes far exceeds any reference except Hayn’s. [Jan 2005]
Bibliography
- Gay, Jules. L'Italie méridionale et l'empire Byzantin: Livre II. Burt Franklin: New York, 1904.
