1630–1692), born in Picardy, is the author of an important utopia, The Southern Land, Known, 1676.
All that is known about Foigny, including his identity (the book was printed without his name), is based exclusively on the second edition of Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire historique et critique (1701, under "Sadeur").
He moved near Geneva, now as a Protestant, and made a living as a tutor.
The The Southern Land, Known was printed at Geneva, as if from Vannes.
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