Martin Bossange [SEP] place of death
Martin Bossange
Martin Bossange (2 February 1765 – 30 October 1865) was a , originally from Bordeaux, who relocated to Paris and created an international publishing business.
Life.
Martin Bossange arrived in Paris at the age of twenty, and set up in business as a in 1787. An early success came when he sold 50,000 copies of the 1789 drama "Charles IX" by Joseph Chénier. He developed a close working relationship with a dealer from Lyon called Joseph-René Masson, in 1792 entering into a
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In 1818 or 1819 Martin Bossange ended the Masson partnership and sold the printing shop that produced the "Journal de la librairie". He now concentrated on publication of new editions as well as deals involving older editions, and international book trades. In 1825 his business was located at ""60 Rue de Richelieu"" was using the name "galerie de Bossange père" (""Gallery of Bossange, father"") in order to differentiate it from the business "Bossange frères" ("" Bossange