Daniel Horthemels

L'esclave religieux, et ses avantures Auteur

Daniel Horthemels (* before 1655 in Middelburg ; † October 8, 1691 in Paris ) was a Dutch bookseller and publisher .

Horthemel's father was also a bookseller, but in his hometown Middelburg. In 1655 Daniel Horthemels married Marie-Anne Cellier , who was the daughter of the bookseller Antoine Cellier. They had six children together. The three daughters Marie-Anne , Louise-Madeleine and Marie-Nicole and the son Frederic became engravers . A son, who was also baptized in the name of Daniel, took over the bookstore and the publishing house together with his mother after the death of his father. The son Denis started his own business as a publisher and bookseller.

In addition to the Bible and Calvinist edification literature , Horthemels also published contemporary authors such as Guy Tachard , Alexandre de Chaumont and Philippe Couplet . Between 1683 and 1686 also the journal of the medical doctor Jean Brunet .

Publishing activity (selection)

• Guy Trachard: Voyage de Siam, des Peres jesuites, envoyez par le Roy aux Indes & à la Chine
• Philippe Couplet with Prospero Intorcetta: Confucius Sinarum philosophus, sive Scientia sinensis latine exposita
• Alexandre de Chaumont: Relation de l'ambassade de Monsieur le chevalier de Chaumont à la Cour du Roy de Siam, avec ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable durant son voyage
• Lazare-André Bocquillot : Homelies, ou Instructions familieres sur les commandemens de Dieu. et de l'Eglise
• Simon Foucher : Lettre sur la morale de Confucius, philosophe de la Chine
• Jean Brunet: Journal de medecine, ou Observations des plus fameux medecins, chirurgiens & anatomistes de l'Europe

literature

• Auguste Jal : Dictionnaire critique de biographie et d'histoire , 1872, pp. 686f., Digitized
• Bibliothèque nationale (France). Département des estampes et de la photographie: Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle , 1970, p. 378 digitized
• Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen : Précis analytique des travaux de l'Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen , p. 372, digitized

Web links

• Information on Daniel Horthemels in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
• Information on Marie-Anne Cellier in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
• Information on Daniel II Horthemels in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
• Literature by and about Daniel Horthemels in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)