Ducamp, MAXIME (1822-94), was born at Paris, made repeated journeys in the East, and settled in Paris. Besides works on his Eastern travels, he wrote poems, romances, literary souvenirs, a history of the Commune (Les Convulsions de Paris, 1879), and Paris, ses Organes, ses Fonctions, et sa Vie (6 vols. 1875; 7th ed. 1884). See his Souvenirs Littéraires (1882-83; Eng. trans. 1893).
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 105
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