Author:Henri van Laun

Henri van Laun
(1820–1896)

Works

• A grammar of the French language (1863) (external scan)
• History of French Literature (1877-78) in 3 vols. (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2) v.3
• The French revolutionary epoch, being a history of France, from the beginning of the First French Revolution to the End of the Second Empire (1879) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
• A short history of the late Mr. Peter Anthony Motteux, a native of France whilom dramatist, China merchant and auctioneer ... ([1881?])

Contributions to DNB

• Ammonio, Andrea
• Aurelius, Abraham
• Barré, William Vincent

Translations

• Taine, H., History of English Literature (1871) originally in 2 vols. (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
• Molière, The Dramatic Works of Molière in multiple vols.
  • The Pretentious Young Ladies (Les Précieuses ridicules, 1659)
• Le Sage, The adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana (1886) in multiple vols.

Works about van Laun

• "Van Laun, Henri," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Obituary: M. Henri van Laun," in The Times (1896)