Tiphaigne de la Roche

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Tiphaigne de la Roche, Charles-François, (Montebourg, Cotentin, February 19, 1722 – August 11, 1774) was a French author.

He studied medicine at Caen university and became Doctor in 1744. His romances, mainly written anonymously, take place in the wake of two of the great 18th century's philosophical movements that are Rationalism and Illuminism and often mix scientific considerations with cabalistic, magical and alchemical ones. He anticipated many social and scientific inventions, e.g. photography, synthetic food, television.

[edit] Bibliography

• L'Amour dévoilé, ou le système des sympathies, 1749
• Amilec, ou la graine d'hommes, 1st Ed., 1753
• T. de la Roche, Amilec, ou la graine d'hommes, 2nd Ed., 1753
• Amilec, or the seeds of mankind, 1754
• Bigarrures Philosophiques, 1759.
• Giphantie, 1760. (the title is the perfect anagram of Tiphaigne)
• L'Empire des Zaziris sur les humains ou la Zazirocratie, 1761
• Histoire naturelle, civile et politique des Galligènes ou Mémoires de Duncan, 1765.
• Sanfrein ou mon dernier séjour à la campagne, 1765

[edit] Online texts

• Gallica, online documents from the French BnF, proposing for free the quasi-full set of French publications of Tiphaigne de la Roche in PDF format.
  • L'Amour dévoilé, ou le système des sympathies, 1749
  • Amilec, ou la graine d'hommes qui sert à peupler les planètes, 3rd Ed., 1753
  • Bigarrures Philosophiques, 1759. (Part 1-Part 2)
  • Giphantie, 1760. (Part 1-Part 2)
  • L'Empire des Zaziris sur les humains ou la Zazirocratie, 1761
  • Histoire naturelle, civile et politique des Galligènes ou Mémoires de Duncan, 1765. (Part 1-Part 2)
  • Sanfrein ou mon dernier séjour à la campagne, 1765

[edit] References

• Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, AMILEC, ou la graine d'hommes, Grèges Ed., ISBN 2-9515180-1-3
• Jacques Marx, Tiphaigne de la Roche : Modèles de l'imaginaire au XVIIIe siècle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 2002, ISBN 2-8004-0758-1