De Frasnay worked in the finance department of local government. He began his career as a writer by publishing genre poems in classical style in the ''[[Mercure de France]]''. Among these was his ''Fayence'' (chinaware), written as a boost to the Nevers pottery trade and soon translated into Latin as ''Vasa Faventina'', also in the 1735 ''Mercure''.<ref>Édouard Garnier, ''Histoire de la céramique, poteries, faïences et porcelaines chez tous les peuples depuis les temps anciens jusqu'à nos jours'' (Tours, 1882), [https://books.google.com/books?id=7nELBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Pierre+de+Frasnay%22&pg=PA274 p.274]</ref> His subsequent researches into local history involved him in controversy concerning their accuracy, from which he soon withdrew.<ref>Louis de Sainte-Marie, ''Recherches historiques sur Nevers'' (Nevers, 1810), [https://books.google.com/books?id=NEuAw0DqKhoC&dq=%22Pierre+de+Frasnay%22&pg=PA384 pp.384-7]</ref> His final work was a two-volume compilation of Aesopic poems, ''Mythologie ou recueil des fables grecques, esopiques et sybaritiques'' (Orléans, 1750), to which he added prose reflections drawing out the human lessons of the fables.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=pUs-AAAAcAAJ&dq=%22Pierre%20de%20Frasnay%22&pg=PP1 Volume 1] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=49rkFQZGOHQC Volume 2] on Google Books</ref>
De Frasnay worked in the (追記) [[ (追記ここまで)finance department(追記) ]] (追記ここまで) of local government. He began his career as a writer by publishing genre poems in classical style in the ''[[Mercure de France]]''. Among these was his ''Fayence'' (chinaware), written as a boost to the Nevers pottery trade and soon translated into Latin as ''Vasa Faventina'', also in the 1735 ''Mercure''.<ref>Édouard Garnier, ''Histoire de la céramique, poteries, faïences et porcelaines chez tous les peuples depuis les temps anciens jusqu'à nos jours'' (Tours, 1882), [https://books.google.com/books?id=7nELBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Pierre+de+Frasnay%22&pg=PA274 p.274]</ref> His subsequent researches into local history involved him in controversy concerning their accuracy, from which he soon withdrew.<ref>Louis de Sainte-Marie, ''Recherches historiques sur Nevers'' (Nevers, 1810), [https://books.google.com/books?id=NEuAw0DqKhoC&dq=%22Pierre+de+Frasnay%22&pg=PA384 pp.384-7]</ref> His final work was a two-volume compilation of Aesopic poems, ''Mythologie ou recueil des fables grecques, esopiques et sybaritiques'' (Orléans, 1750), to which he added prose reflections drawing out the human lessons of the fables.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=pUs-AAAAcAAJ&dq=%22Pierre%20de%20Frasnay%22&pg=PP1 Volume 1] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=49rkFQZGOHQC Volume 2] on Google Books</ref>
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Aesop and the beasts inspire the poet, from de Frasnay’s collection of fables, 1750
Pierre de Frasnay (1676 in Nevers, Nivernais – 27 April 1753 in Nevers) was an 18th-century French writer, translator and local historian who on 15 May 1725 became baron de Neuvy-le-Barrois.
Work
De Frasnay worked in the finance department of local government. He began his career as a writer by publishing genre poems in classical style in the Mercure de France. Among these was his Fayence (chinaware), written as a boost to the Nevers pottery trade and soon translated into Latin as Vasa Faventina, also in the 1735 Mercure.[1] His subsequent researches into local history involved him in controversy concerning their accuracy, from which he soon withdrew.[2] His final work was a two-volume compilation of Aesopic poems, Mythologie ou recueil des fables grecques, esopiques et sybaritiques (Orléans, 1750), to which he added prose reflections drawing out the human lessons of the fables.[3]
References
↑Édouard Garnier, Histoire de la céramique, poteries, faïences et porcelaines chez tous les peuples depuis les temps anciens jusqu'à nos jours (Tours, 1882), p.274
↑Louis de Sainte-Marie, Recherches historiques sur Nevers (Nevers, 1810), pp.384-7
