Philippe Renouard

Philippe Ernest Augustin Renouard
bookseller

Philippe Ernest Augustin Renouard (15 September 1862 in Paris – 2 October 1934 in Paris) was a French bookseller and bibliographer, specialist of the 16th century.

Biography

A grandson of

and took the entrance exam but decided to devote himself to books.

Partnering in 1892 with Georges Chamerot, the printer of Revue des deux Mondes, he took over the business, which he renamed Imprimerie Renouard, located at 19 rue des Saints-Pères [fr], then played an important role in the typographers' trade unions. He was vice president of the "Union des maîtres imprimeurs de France" from 1902 and of the Cercle de la librairie [fr], and later president of the "Chambre Syndicale des imprimeurs typographes".

A laureate of the

.

Main publications

• Imprimeurs et libraires parisiens du XVIe
• Documents sur les imprimeurs, libraires… ayant exercé à Paris de 1450 à 1600, Paris, H. Champion, 1901
• Répertoire des imprimeurs parisiens, libraires et fondeurs de caractères en exercice à Paris au XVIIe. Avant-propos de Dominique Renouard, préf. Henri-Jean Martin, Paris, Minard, 1965

Sources

• Pierre Marot, Philippe Renouard, 1862–1934

External links

• Philippe Renouard on
  data.bnf.fr