Lebailly, Antoine-François

Lebailly, Antoine-François (1 April 1756, Caen; 13 January 1832, Paris), librettist, studied law and began to practice his profession, but he had to abandon his career before long because he was too timid to appear before the bar of justice in open court. After deciding to earn his livelihood by writing, he joined de Gebelin’s literary circle and wrote a few fables in addition to translating some of Horace’s satires for the journals of the time. He established his reputation as an author with…