Joseph-François-Édouard de Corsembleu
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Joseph-François-Édouard de Corsembleu Sieur de Desmahis (1 March 1723, Sully-sur-Loire, Orléanais – 25 February 1761, Paris) was an 18th-century French playwright.
Desmahis was initially known under the auspices of Voltaire by fugitive plays, including:
- Le Voyage de Saint-Germain ;
- L’Heureux amant qui sait te plaire.[1]
- 1750: L’Impertinent, ou le Billet perdu two-act comedy.[2]
He contributed the articles FAT and FEMME to the Encyclopédie by Diderot and D’Alembert.
His Œuvres were collected in 2 vol. in-12 (1778).
