Durand, Laurent, 1712?-1763
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Name (Latin)
Durand, Laurent, 1712?-1763
Other forms of name
Durand, 1712?-1763
Date of birth
1712?
Date of death
1763-05-12
Place of residence/headquarters
Paris (France)
Other associated place
Auxerre (France)
Field of activity
Booksellers and bookselling Publishers and publishing
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Essais de physique, 1743:t.p. (Chez Durand)
- Répertoire d'imprimeurs/libraires XVIe-XVIIIe s., 1997:no. 1477 (hdg.: Durand, Laurent (1712?-1763); bookseller active in Paris 1738-1763)
- Helvétius. De l'esprit, 1758:title page (Chez Durand, libraire, rue du Foin)
- BnF authorities, Nov. 15, 2013(Durand, Laurent (1712?-1763); born 1712?, died 1763-05-12, active 1738-1763; son of a worker of the Auxerre region or of a merchant of that city; admitted as bookseller, June 1738; married Élisabeth Carbon(n)ier, niece of the Parisian bookseller and print seller François Jouenne, in Jan. 1739; until about 1745, added to his address "De la boutique de feu M. Jouenne"; said to be aged 40 on Jan. 1, 1752; bankrupt at his death; succeeded by his widow; addresses in Paris: (De la boutique de feu M. Jouenne,) Rue Saint-Jacques; Rue du Foin (, en entrant par la rue Saint-Jacques, la première porte cochère à droite; vis-à-vis les Mathurins; vis-à-vis la petite porte des Mathurins; signs: (à la Sagesse, à Saint Landry, et) Au Griffon; à Saint Landry et au Griffon)
Wikipedia description:
Laurent Durand (1712, Paris – 1763) was an 18th-century French publisher active in the Age of Enlightenment. His shop was established rue Saint-Jacques under the sign Saint Landry & du griffon. Durand was the son of a merchant born near Auxerre. From 1730, he worked for the Parisian bookseller and printer Jacques Chardon (1688-1766). On 31 January 1739, he married Elizabeth Carbonnier, a niece of a certain François Jouenne. He was one of the four publishers of the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert, along with Michel-Antoine David, André le Breton, and Antoine-Claude Briasson. He also was Denis Diderot's main publisher as well as that of several clandestine books.
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