| LC control no. | no2009104764 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bossange, Martin, 1765-1865 |
| Variant(s) | Bossange, père, 1765-1865 Bossange, padre, 1765-1865 |
| See also | Partner: Bossange, Hector, 1795-1884 Partner: Bossange, Adolphe, 1797-1862 Partner: Weber, J. J. (Johann Jakob), 1803-1880 Colleague: Cosson, Claude-Jacques, 1789-1866 Saphir, Moritz Gottlieb, 1795-1858 Colleague: Brockhaus, Heinrich, 1804-1874 Founder of: Bossange et Masson Barthès and Lowell |
| Associated country | France |
| Associated place | Leipzig (Germany) London (England) |
| Located | Paris (France) |
| Address | rue de Richelieu, no 60 Paris France Great Marlborough Street London England rue de Tournon, no 6 Paris France rue de Tournon, no 1133 Paris France rue et cour des Mathurins-Saint-Jacques Paris France rue des Noyers, no 33 Paris France |
| Birth date | 1765-02-02 |
| Death date | 1865-10-30 |
| Place of birth | Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Publishers and publishing Booksellers and bookselling Printing Publishing Bookselling Printing (process) |
| Affiliation | Galerie de Bossange père Bossange, Masson et Besson |
| Profession or occupation | Publishers and publishing Booksellers and bookselling Printers Publishers Booksellers Printers (people) |
| Found in | Fables russes, 1825: t. 1, t.p. (Bossange, libraire de S. A. R. le duc d'Orléans, rue de Richelieu, no 60; Paris) BN, June 26, 2009 (hdg.: Bossange, Martin, 1765-1865; b. Feb. 2, 1765 in Bordeaux; d. Oct. 30, 1865; printer-bookseller active 1787-1837 in Paris at: rue des Noyers, no 33; rue et cour (maison) des Mathurins-Saint-Jacques; rue de Tournon, no 1133, 6; rue de Richelieu, no 60) BnF, 28 September 2020 (authorized access point: Bossange, Martin (1765-1865); other written forms: Bossanges, Bossange padre; country: France; sex: masculine; Quérard has erroneous birthdate 1766; period of activity: 1787-1837; libraire de Son Altesse Impériale et Royale Madame mère de Sa Majesté l'Empereur et roi (1811); libraire de Son Altesse Royale le duc d'Orléans; born in Bordeaux; established in Paris from 1787 as commissionnaire en librairie, associated self in 1788 with the Lyonnais Joseph-René Masson and (P.) Besson under name "Bossange et compagnie," or, later, "Bossange, Masson et Besson"; capitaine of Garde nationale parisienne in 1789; requisitioned to organise collection of saltpeter in Paris in 1793; functioned as printer, together with his associates, from 1803; breveté imprimeur 1 April 1811 (renewed 15 Oct. 1816) and libraire 1 Oct. 1812 (renewed 24 March 1820); resigned from brevet d'imprimeur 22 May 1818, succeeded by Claude-Jacques Cosson; opened numerous foreign branch offices: Le Cap-Français, Haïti (1801), London (1814-1826), then Montréal, Mexico, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Naples, Leipzig, etc.; ruined by 1830 Revolution, he retired 1837; author of several brochures on the status of bookselling; in Leipzig, launched "Pfennig Magazin"; also worked in association with his sons (Jean-) Hector et Adolphe Bossange; ISNI 0000 0001 2140 1709; record no.: FRBNF12255198) <https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12255198v> DNB GND, 28 September 2020 (authorized access point: Bossange, Martin; other names: Bossange, père, Bossange; places of activity: Paris (1787-1837), London (1814-1826), Leipzig (ca. 1824-ca. 1835); place of death: Paris; occupations: publisher, bookseller, book printer, printer; addresses: Rue des Noyers, No. 33 (1790), Rue et cour (or: maison) des Mathurins-Saint-Jacques, Rue de Mathurins (1797-1798), Rue de Tournon, No. 1133 (faubourg Saint-Germain; hôtel Brancas; maison Laval) (1800-1804), Rue de Tournon, No. 6 (1805-1821), Rue de (la) Richelieu, No. 60 (1822?-1835; opened bookshop 1787 (1785?) in Paris; opened beginning of 19th century numerous branches, etc., in Haiti, Montreal, Mexico, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Naples, and Leipzig; founded 1833, together with Johann Jakob Weber, Pfennig-Magazin in Leipzig; retired from business 1837; from 1788, worked together with Joseph-René Masson, from ca. 1792 also with Jean-Marie Besson; relationships to people: Bossange, Hector (son, collaborated with), Bossange, Adolphe (son, collaborated with), Masson, Joseph-René, Besson, Jean-Marie; relationships to organizations: Bossange et Masson, Galerie de Bossange père, Martin Bossange et Ce.; record ID: 132401770) <http://d-nb.info/gnd/132401770> VIAF, 28 September 2020 (authorized access points in VIAF cluster: Bossange, Martin, 1765-1865, Bossange, Martin, Martin Bossange; VIAF ID: 76373630 (Personal)) <http://viaf.org/viaf/76373630> CERL Thesaurus, 28 September 2020 (authorized access point: Bossange, Martin (data from DNB and BnF)) <http://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp01335485> Wikipedia, 28 September 2020 (Martin Bossange (2 February 1765-30 October 1865); book dealer, originally from Bordeaux; relocated to Paris at age 20, created international publishing business; set up as book dealer 1787; developed close working relationship with dealer from Lyon, Joseph-René Masson, in 1792 entered into formal partnership; with 3rd partner, in 1798 formed company Bossange, Masson et Besson; quickly focused on international book business, concentrating on selling French books overseas; opened book dealership in Santo Domingo (then part of Haiti, 1801), subsidiary in London (1804), branches in Montreal and Mexico City (1815), Madrid, Naples, Rome (1820), and Leipzig (around 1830); centre of international network that emerged after end of the war [Napoleonic Wars]: Great Marlborough Street, London, where collaborated with 2 associates, Barthès and Lowell, to build up major book dealing business; ended Masson partnership (1818 or 1819), sold printing shop that produced Journal de la librairie, concentrated on publication of new editions, deals involving older editions, international book trades; while he was based in London (1814-1820), the Paris head office was run by his son Adolphe Bossange; returned to Paris; 1826, sold his share in London business to Barthès and Lowell; in 1825, his business was located at 60 Rue de Richelieu under name "galerie de Bossange père" to differentiate it from "Bossange frères," which had been opened at 12 rue de Seine some years earlier by his sons Hector and Adolphe Bossange; Martin Bossange's "salon" a meeting place for writers, other literary figures; during his absences abroad Moritz Gottlieb Saphir (Bavarian writer in Paris from 1829) presided over series of "literary evenings" there; Bossange filed for bankruptcy Autumn 1830, but continued publishing in Leipzig, where partnership with Johann Jacob Weber; they set up Das Pfennig-Magazin (weekly 1833-1847), targeting a family readership; retired 1837 after selling his publishing interests in Germany to Heinrich Brockhaus; Hector and Adolphe built up their own international book trading company, continued by Hector's sons, Gustave and Edmond, for most of rest of 19th century) <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin_Bossange&oldid=930435915> Wikidata, 28 September 2020 (Martin Bossange (Q82109); description: French bookseller and publisher; sex or gender: male; occupation: printer-bookseller, publisher; work location: Paris; archives at: Archives nationales; award received: Knight of Legion of Honour) <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q82109> |
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