Claude Clerselier
Claude Clerselier was a French editor and translator.
Clerselier was a lawyer in the Parlement of Paris and resident for the King of France in Sweden. He was the brother-in-law of Pierre Chanut, and served as the liaison for Descartes and Queen Christina of Sweden. He was the editor of the first French edition of René Descartes and went on to edit and translate several works by Descartes, especially his letters, L'Homme, et un Traité de la formation du fœtus du mesme auteur avec les remarques de Louys de La Forge, 1664, L'Homme...et...Le Monde, 1667 and his Principes, 1681.
