Nicolas Rigault
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Nicolas Rigault (Rigaltius; 1577-1654) was a French
classical scholar
.
Born in Paris, he was educated by the Jesuits.[1] He was successively councillor of the parlement of Metz, procurator general at Nancy, and intendant of the province of Toul.
He prepared annotated editions of
Minucius Felix, Saint Cyprian
, and also some mixed collections: Rei accipitrariæ scriptores, 1612; Rei agrariae scriptores, 1613.
He acted as librarian to Louis XIII.[2] He used a pseudonym J. B. Aeduus.[3]
Selected works
- 1596
- — «Asini aurei asinus, sive De scaturigine onocrenes» (1596; экземпляр парижской национальной библиотеки считается uniсum),
- — «Satyra Menippea somnium»,
- 1600 — «Biberii Curculionis parasiti mortualia, accessit Asinus...» (более известная под заглавием III изд.: "Funus parasiticum" (П., 1601), "Rei agrariae scriptores" (1613)).
Sources
- Nicolas Rigault, in Marie-Nicolas Bouillet et Alexis Chassang (eds), Dictionnaire universel d'histoire et de géographie, 1878
Notes
- ^ Table Of Contents
- ^ [1] Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, in French.
- ^ Index pseudonymorum: Wörterbuch der Pseudonymen oder Verzeichniss aller