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French historian and writer, a member of the Encyclopediste movement (1723-1799)
Also known as: Жан Франсуа Мармонтель, ジャン＝フランソワ・マルモンテル, 讓-弗朗索瓦·馬蒙泰爾, Жан Мармонтель, Мармонтель Ж., Мармонтель Ж. Ф.
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- Les chefs-d'¿uvre dramatiques, ou, Recueil des meilleures pieces du the atre franc ʹois, tragique, comique & lyrique
- Les Incas
- Los incas, ó La destruccion del imperio del Perú
- The shepherdess of the Alps
- Zemire et Azor