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A Huguenot refugee in London, established a literary reputation by completing Sir Thomas Urquhart's translation of Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel, then Cervantes' Don Quixote.
Works
Translations
- Gargantua
- Pantagruel
- The Third Book (1546)
- The Fourth Book (1552)
- The Fifth Book (1564) (there are questions over whether and to what degree Rabelais is the author of the Fifth Book)
- "On Pastorals", by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, in Monsieur Bossu's Treatise of the Epick Poem (1695), by René le Bossu
Works about Motteux
- "Motteux, Peter Anthony," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Motteux, Pierre Antoine," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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