Marie-Antoinette Duchesne

Marie-Antoinette Duchesne
Born
Marie-Antoinette Cailleau

c.1713
Paris, France
Died25 May 1793
OccupationsBookseller, publisher
SpouseNicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne

Marie-Antoinette (or Marie Antoinette) Cailleau Duchesne (after 1713 – 1793) was an 18th-century bookseller and publisher in Paris, France. In 1767, Voltaire used a commonly used phrase when he called her, "the exact and shrewd widow Duchesne."

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