BRUNET, JACQUES-CHARLES

born Nov. 2, 1780, Paris, Fr. died Nov. 14, 1867, Paris compiler of major French bibliographical works. The son of a bookseller, Brunet acquired a taste for bibliography at an early age and published a supplement to the Dictionnaire bibliographique de livres rares (1810; Dictionary of Rare Books), brought out a few years earlier. The first edition of Brunet's Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (1810; Bookseller's and Book Lover's Manual) rapidly became the standard French bibliographical dictionary. Among Brunet's other works are Nouvelles recherches bibliographiques (1834; New Bibliographical Studies) and a study of the early editions of Franois Rabelais.