Louis d'Ussieux


Louis d'Ussieux, real name Louis Dussieux, was an 18th-century French writer, historian, journalist, translator and agronomist.
In 1777, he was among the founders and editors of the Journal de Paris and collaborated with the Collection universelle des mémoires particuliers relatifs à l'histoire de France. A Girondin, he was banned before being elected in 1795 a member of the Council of Ancients until 1799.

Works

;Translations
  • 1770: Christoph Martin Wieland: Le Nouveau Don Quichotte
  • 1771: Christoph Martin Wieland: Contes comiques
  • 1771: Christoph Martin Wieland: Les Grâces
  • 1772: Collectif : Nouvelles espagnoles, traduites de différentes auteurs, 2 vol.
  • 1775–1783: Ludovico Ariosto: Roland furieux, 4 vol.
  • 1786: Christoph Martin Wieland: ''Les Aventures merveilleuses de Don Silvio de Rosalva''