Antoine-Augustin Renouard
Antoine-Augustin Renouard (21 September 1765 – 15 December 1853) was an industrialist and political activist in Paris at the time of the French Revolution who became a book dealer, printer and bibliographer.[1]
Life
Renouard was born in Paris in 1765. His father, Jacques-Augustin Renouard (1736-1806) was a merchant and manufacturer, originally from Guise, who specialised in Gauze and Silk from premises in the centre of Paris.[2] In 1781 Antoine-Augustin followed his father into the Gauze and Silk businesses, father and son working together[1] from premises in the "rue Sainte-Apolline", in what would later become the city's 2nd arrondissement.[2]
Antoine-Augustin Renouard was an active participant during the early years of the
His business career was interrupted by the
After the 1830 revolution had put an end, for a second time, to the Bourbon monarchy in France, Renouard returned to front-line politics, becoming mayor of the 11th arrondissement of Paris. He was rewarded with the Legion of Honour in 1831.[3]
In 1834 he was able to acquire the Abbey of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, which had previously been a royal property, but was then declared a national asset and nationalised during the revolution, before being sold off to bolster state finances.
Publications
As a publisher, Renouard's output included the following volumes:
- Coup-d'oeil sur les monnoies, sur leur administration et sur le ministre des contributions publiques, Paris : Garnery : Desenne, 1793
- Catalogue de la bibliothèque d'un amateur, 1819
- Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde, ou Histoire des trois Manuce et de leurs éditions, Paris, 1803-1812; 2nd edition Paris, 1825
- Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde, ou l'histoire des trois Manuce et de leurs éditions; 3rd} edition.
- Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne, 1837 & 1843.
- Recueil de 123 fables en 5 livres, imitées d'Ésope. - Complété par l'"Appendix Perottina", contenant 30 ou 32 fables et le "Phaedrus solutus", contenant 30 autres fables[1]
- Sorte de journal, écrit en grec, divisé actuellement en 12 livres, méditations sur la vanité des choses terrestres, Pensées : Antoine-Augustin Renouard (1765-1853) as éditeur scientifique[1]
Family
In 1794 Renouard married Catherine de Saintes (1772-1858), the illegitimate daughter of The Marquis of Beauchamps and the Countess Ferdinanda Louise de Horion (at the time of Ferdiandna Louise's birth the widowed third wife of Maximilian of Arberg).[2] Renouard's five recorded children were:
- Augustin-Charles Renouard] (1794-1878), magistrate, moralist and politician
- Eugénie Renouard (1795-1871)
- Jules Renouard (1794-1854), book dealer-editor
- Paul Renouard (1803-1871), consul and painter
- Hippolyte Renouard (1808-1871), squadron leader
Renouard's grandchildren included
- Albert Ricot (1826-1902), iron master and politician
- Léopold Renouard (1833-1910), financier and deputy governor of the Bank of France
- Georges Renouard (1843-1897) who became son-in-law to city planner Baron Haussmann
- Lucie Renouard who married the populist politician Général Boulanger
References
- ^ a b c d "Antoine-Augustin Renouard (1765-1853)". Bibliothèque nationale de France (French National Library). Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Antoine-Augustin Renouard, le bibliophile devenu libraire". 12 February 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "au Sieur Renouard (Antoine Augustin)". Dossier de Légion d'honneur d'Antoine-Augustin Renouard sur le site Leonore. Archives Nationales , Dossier : LH/2301/2: Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication, Paris. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
External links
- Antoine-Augustin Renouard on data.bnf.fr