Librairie Gründ, also known as "Les éditions Gründ " is a French publishing company. It was started in 1880 by Ernest Gründ and Émile Maguet as a bookstore in Paris, specializing in works about art. It joined the French publishing group
Editis in 2007.
Gründ issued the ''
Benezit Dictionary of Artists
The ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists'' (in French, ''Bénézit: Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs'') is an extensive publication of bibliographical information on painters, sculptors, designers and engravers create ...
'' until 2007, when
Oxford University Press
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began issuing the dictionary.
''Benezit'' has been called "the definitive international directory of artists" by ''
The New York Times
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''.
Some of the authors published by this group include
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais,
Sophie Rostopchine, comtesse de Ségur, Siri Reuterstrand, Jean-Francois Mesplède, Jean-Pierre Délarge, and classics by Rabelais, etc.
Information
on Open Library
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Directory of publishers
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Publishing companies of France
French companies established in 1880
Editis
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