Moreri

Moreri, LOUIS (1643-80), was born in Provence, took orders, and was for five years a noted preacher at Lyons, where in 1674 he published Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique, ou le Melange Curieux de l'Histoire sacrée et profane (in 1 vol. folio). In 1675 he went to Paris, and laboured at the expansion and improvement of this important work till his death. The best edition is the 20th (Paris, 1759), in 10 vols. folio. It was translated into Spanish, Italian, and English, Jeremy Collier adding to this an appendix or supplement filling a folio volume. The geographical and historical articles have become obsolete, but the biographical part is still valuable.