Isaac de Larrey, Sieur of
Grandchamp and
Courménil, born, according to some biographers 7 September 1638 in
Lintot, near
Bolbec and according to the majority, in
Montivilliers, 25 January 1639 – 17 March 1719) was a French historian.
To freely exercise his religious beliefs because he was a Protestant, Larrey went into exile in Holland after the
Edict of Fontainebleau. His historical work earned him the title of
historiographer of the
États Généraux. Shortly after, the
ruler of Brandenbourg, by offering him the title of
Aulic Council, attracted him to Berlin where he died.
Publications
Histoire d'Auguste, Rotterdam, 1690, in-12°.
L'Héritière de Guyenne, ou Histoire d'Eléonore , 1691.
Histoire d'Angleterre, d'Écosse et d'Irlande, 1707–1712, 4 vol. in-f°.
Histoire des
Sept sages de la Grèce, Fritsch et Bohm, Rotterdam, 1714. The first part contains le Banquet, and what happened at the table and at the court of
Periander, tyrant, or King of Corinthe. Il y est question de Babylone, Carthage, Ceylan, Cyprus, Egypt and the Nile, Ethiopia, Marseille, etc.
Geschiedenis van Engelandt, Schottlandt en Ierlandt … : met afbeeld. en landkaarten versiert, Amsterdam, Coven & Mortier, 1728.