Laurent Durand (1712, Paris – 1763) was an 18th-century French publisher active in the

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. His shop was established rue Saint-Jacques under the sign ''Saint Landry & du griffon''. Durand was the son of a merchant born near Auxerre. From 1730, he worked for the Parisian bookseller and printer Jacques Chardon (1688-1766). On 31 January 1739, he married Elizabeth Carbonnier, a niece of a certain François Jouenne. He was one of the four publishers of the ''

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and

d'Alembert Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert ( ; ; 16 November 1717 – 29 October 1783) was a French mathematician, mechanics, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist. Until 1759 he was, together with Denis Diderot, a co-editor of the ''E ...

, along with

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André le Breton André François le Breton (2 September 1708 – 5 October 1779) was a French publisher. He was one of the four publishers of the ''Encyclopédie'' of Diderot and d'Alembert, along with Michel-Antoine David, Laurent Durand, and Antoine-Claude ...

, and Antoine-Claude Briasson. He also was

Denis Diderot Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominent figure during th ...

's main publisher as well as that of several clandestine books.

Works published

* 1739: ''Année ecclésiastique ou Instructions sur le propre du tems'', tome septième, à Paris, rue Saint-Jacques, chez Jacques Lambert et Laurent Durand, à la Sagesse et Saint Landry, 660 p. * 1741: M. l'abbé Lebeuf, ''L'état des sciences en France, depuis la mort du roy Robert, arrivée en 1031, jusqu'à celle de Philippe le Bel, arrivée en 1314'', À Paris, rue S. Jacques, chez Lambert & Durand, à la Sagesse, & à Saint Landry * 1744: Henry Baker, trad. de l'anglois by P. Demours, ''Essai sur l'histoire naturelle du polybe'' * * 1745:

, ''Essai sur le mérite et la vertu'' * 1745: M. Lesser, avec des remarques de M. P. Lyonnet, ''Theologie des insectes, ou démonstration des perfections de Dieu dans tout ce qui concerne les insectes'', first volume, 384 p. * 1746:

, '' Pensées philosophiques'' * 1751–1763, ''

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''. * 1754: ''Catalogue des livres imprimés, ou qui se trouvent en nombre chez Durand'', Rue du Foin-Saint-Jacques, en entrant par la rue S. Jacques, la premiere porte cochere à droite, à S. Landry, 15 p. * 1759: M. Demours, ''Table générale des matières contenues dans l'histoire & dans les mémoires de l'Académie générale des sciences, 1741-1750'', tome VI, in-4°''

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'', March 1759, (p. 137).

Bibliography

* Frank A. Kafker, Jeff Loveland, ''Diderot et Laurent Durand, son éditeur principal'', ', 2005, n° 39, (p. 29–40).

References

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