Jacques Lacombe (1724–1811) was a French bookseller and lawyer. His notable works include Encyclopediana ou Dictionnaire encyclopédique des ana (1791), one of the volumes of the Encyclopédie Méthodique. Another was Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire ancienne des empires et des républiques qui ont paru avant Jésus-Christ. Avec la notice des savans et illustres, & des remarques historiques sur le génie & les mœurs de ces anciens peuples. (1757). Most of his works were compilations. References Further reading Karl-Heinz Kuhn: Das französischsprachige Pressewesen im Herzogtum Pfalz-Zweibrücken (Trier, Univ., Diss., 1990; Reprint 2006). 1724 births 1811 deaths French librarians 18th-century French historians 19th-century French historians 18th-century French lawyers