Philippe Ernest Augustin Renouard (15 September 1862 in

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– 2 October 1934 in Paris) was a French bookseller and

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, specialist of the 16th century.

Biography

A grandson of

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and son of Alfred Renouard, founder with D'Eichthal of the Compagnie des Salins du Midi, Philippe Renouard studied at the

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. He was later sent to the

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in order to succeed his father in the Salins du Midi. After the death of his father in 1883, and that of D'Eichthal, he turned to a career in the Conseil d'État and took the entrance exam but decided to devote himself to books. Partnering in 1892 with Georges Chamerot, the printer of ''

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'', he took over the business, which he renamed Imprimerie Renouard, located at 19 , 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 , and later president of the "Chambre Syndicale des imprimeurs typographes". A laureate of the

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(prix Brunet), he was a member of the admissions committee of the

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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

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