folie au dix-huitième siècle, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1963. External links Louis Sébastien Mercier on data.bnf.fr 1740 births 1814 deaths Writers from Paris French republicans Deputies to the French National Convention Members of the Council of Five Hundred 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French science fiction writers Fiction set in 2040 Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 18th-century French novelists 19th-century French journalists French male journalists 18th-century essayists 19th-century French essayists 19th-century French male writers 18th-century French male writers