Étienne-Gabriel Peignot was a French bibliograph with considerable literary production, born at Arc-en-Barrois (Haute-Marne) at 15 May 1767 and died at Dijon at 14 august 1849. Between his many works, from which only one seems to relate to playing cards, is the Dictionnaire de bibliologie (1802?4, 3 vols.), which is regarded as the first encyclopedia devoted to the world of books.
Publications:
- Recherches historiques et littéraires sur les danses des morts et sur l'origine des cartes à jouer, (1826, 367 pages)
- the same, p. 199, start of playing card section
with details about the early playing card authors P. Menestrier (p. 203), P. Daniel (p. 205), Bullet (p. 209), Baron von Heineken (p. 215), Bettinelli (p. 219), Rive (p. 220), Court de Gebelin (p. 227), Breitkopf (p. 239), Jansen (p. 256), Ottley (p. 266), M. Singer (p. 269)
- Further works in his French biography at wikipedia
- Biographical site Peignot
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