Martin Bossange
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Martin Bossange (* 1766 in Bordeaux , † October 30, 1865 in Paris ) was a French bookseller .
At the age of 21, Bossange founded a bookstore in 1787. When M. Masson and G. Besson became partners in his company in the following year , he was able to concentrate more on exporting French books abroad. The most important branches were Santo Domingo (1801), London (1814), Montreal and Mexico City (1815), Madrid , Naples and Rome (1820) and around 1830 Leipzig .
Bossange ran a very open house; the Salon Bossange was a popular meeting place for writers and other artists. During his "exile" Moritz Gottlieb Saphir held his literary evenings here; the later publisher Moritz Wolff made first contacts.
Based on the model of Magasin pittoresque , Bossange published a German offshoot, Das Pfennig-Magazin , in Leipzig . The writer Johann Jacob Weber was entrusted with the editing - as well as the branch management . When the publisher Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus took over the magazine after a short time , Weber set up his own publishing house.
In 1836 Bossange sold its entire German business to Brockhaus & Avenarius .
Martin Bossange died in Paris on October 20, 1865, at the age of almost 100. His bookstore went to his son Héctor ; later they were taken over by his grandson Gustave and great-grandson Léopold .
Web links
- Information on Martin Bossange in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bossange, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French bookseller |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1766 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1865 |
| Place of death | Paris |