Henri-Louis Baudrier
Henri-Louis Baudrier (pronounced [bo.dʁi.je]; 29 May 1815 – 17 June 1884) was a French bibliographer and magistrate, and the co-author of Bibliographie lyonnaise: recherches sur les imprimeurs, libraires, relieurs et fondeurs de lettres de Lyon au XVIe siècle par le Président Baudrier, publiées et continuées par J. Baudrier,[a] an encyclopaedic work published in eleven volumes between 1895 and 1914.[1][2] The work focused extensively on the bookselling and publishing industry of 16th-century Lyon, featuring entries on more than 2,000 individuals, many of whom were printers, bookbinders, and booksellers based in the French city.[1]
Born into a family of magistrates in Lyon, Baudrier embarked on his judicial career in 1846 as a substitute judge, though he was dismissed just two years later. By 1849, he had been reinstated as a magistrate, eventually rising to the position of Court Counsellor (conseiller à la Cour) in 1856 and President of the Chamber (président de chambre) in 1869. A distinguished bibliophile and avid book collector, Baudrier amassed a library of more than 8,000 volumes, primarily composed of 15th- and 16th-century Lyonnais imprints, which he left behind upon his death in Paris in 1884.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ transl. Bibliography of Lyon: Research on the printers, booksellers, bookbinders, and founders of letters in Lyon in the 16th century by President Baudrier, published and continued by J. Baudrier ; "J. Baudrier" refers to Henri-Louis Baudrier's son, Julien Baudrier (1860–1915).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Béghain, Patrice (2009). "BAUDRIER Henri et Julien". In Thévenon, Bruno (ed.). Dictionnaire historique de Lyon (in French). Les cuisinières-Sobbollire. pp. 117–118. ISBN 978-2-915266-65-8.
- ^ Maclean, Ian (2009). "Chapter Nine: Murder, Debt and Retribution in the Italico-Franco-Spanish Book Trade: The Beraud-Michel-Ruiz Affair, 1586–1591". Learning and the Market Place: Essays in the History of the Early Modern Book. Brill. p. 227. ISBN 9789004175501 – via Google Books.
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