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Edme-François Gersaint         
  • ''Catalogue raisonné des differens effets curieux & rares contenus dans le cabinet de feu m. le chevalier de La Roque'', 1745
  • Detail from ''L’Enseigne de Gersaint''
  • Antoine Watteau, ''Retour de Chasse'', ca. 1715–1716, is a portrait of Gersaint's wife Marie-Louise (née Sirois; 1698-1725). Private collection
FRENCH BUSINESSMAN
Edme François Gersaint; Edme-Francois Gersaint; Edmé Gersaint
Edmé-François Gersaint (1694–1750) was a Parisian marchand-mercier (merchant) who specialised in the sale of works of art and luxury goods and who is noted for revolutionising the art market by preparing, for the first time, detailed catalogs with descriptions of the work and biographies of the artist.
Edme-François Jomard         
  • Edme-François Jomard
FRENCH CARTOGRAPHER, ENGINEER AND ARCHAEOLOGIST (1777–1862)
Edmé François Jomard; Edme Francois Jomard; E. F. Jomard; Edmé-François Jomard; Edme-Francois Jomard; E.-F. Jomard; Jomard; Edme Jomard; E. Jomard; Edme François Jomard
Edme-François Jomard (; 1777 – September 22, 1862) was a French cartographer, engineer, and archaeologist. He edited the Description de L'Égypte and was a member of the Institut d'Egypte established by Napoleon.
Edmé Régnier L'Aîné         
  • Régnier's dynamometer, on display at the [[Musée des Arts et Métiers]], Paris.
FRENCH MECHANIC AND INVENTOR (1751-1825)
Edme Regnier L'Aine
Edmé Régnier L'Aîné (15 July 1751 – 10 June 1825) was a French pistol maker and engineer, born in Semur-en-Auxois in 1751 and died in Paris in 1825.