thumb|Louis Petit de Bachaumont in a fauteuil, by Carmontelle, ca 1748; in the background the Hôtel de Rouillé is being demolished, to free the classic facade of the Louvre Colonnade Louis Petit de Bachaumont () (June 2, 1690 – April 29, 1771) was a French writer, whose historical interest has been connected largely to his alleged role in the gossipy Mémoires secrets pour servir à l'histoire de la République des Lettres. A modern biographyRobert S. Tate Jr., Petit de Bachaumont: His Circle and the Mémoires Secrets (Geneva: Institut Voltaire, 1968); extended reviews by Basil Guy (The French Review 44.2 [December 1970], pp. 460-461) and Louis A. Olivier (Modern Language Notes 86.4 [May 1971], pp. 587-589. brought to general attention his other roles, as an arbiter of taste, an influential art critic and an urbaniste.
thumb|Louis Petit de Bachaumont in a fauteuil by Carmontelle, ca 1748; in the background the Hôtel de R,ouillé is being demolished, to free the classic facade of the Louvre Colonnade Louis Petit de Bachaumont () (June 2, 1690 – April 29, 1771) was a French writer whose historical interest has been connected largely to his alleged role in the gossipy Mémoires secrets pour servir à l'histoire de la République des Lettres. A modern biographyRobert S. Tate Jr., Petit de Bachaumont: His Circle and the Mémoires Secrets (Geneva: Institut Voltaire, 1968); extended reviews by Basil Guy (The French Review 44.2 [December 1970], pp. 460-,461) and Louis A. Olivier (Modern Language Notes 86.4 [May 1971], pp. 587-589. brought to general attention his other roles, as an arbiter of taste, an influential art critic and an urbaniste.