Michel-Antoine David also David l'aîné (1707, ? – 17 March 1769, Paris) was an 18th-century French printer, publisher and Encyclopédiste during the

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. He was one of the four printers of the ''

Encyclopédie ''Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers'' (English: ''Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts''), better known as ''Encyclopédie'', was a general encyclopedia publis ...

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Biography

David came from a family of Parisian printers; he was the son of Michel Etienne David. His grandfather was the printer Michel David and his uncle David Christophe (1682–1741). He trained from September 1727 until January 1732 by the Parisian printer Claude-Louis Thiboust. On 2 May 1732, he became a member of the guild of booksellers and printers of Paris and on 1 September 1733 he received his master's certificate. As a bookseller, he was active in the period from 1732 to 1769 and from 1751 additionally as a publisher. from 1732 to 1769 he lived and worked at various locations in Paris, such as in rue Saint-Jacques (ca. 1751), rue vis-à-vis la grille des Mathurins (ca.1762–1764), rue d'Enfer in the quartier Saint Michel (1765) and finally at (ca. 1768)."David, Michel-Antoine (1706 - 1769)"
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David was one of the four publishers of the ''

'' whose editors were

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 ''Encyclopédie'' along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a promine ...

and

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

. The other publishers were

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 Denis Diderot, Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert, d'Alembert, along with Michel-Antoine Davi ...

, Antoine-Claude Briasson, and

Laurent Durand Laurent Durand (1712, Paris – 1763) was an 18th-century French publisher active in the Age of Enlightenment. His shop was established rue Saint-Jacques under the sign ''Saint Landry & du griffon''. Durand was the son of a merchant born near Auxe ...

. He himself wrote two articles for the ''Encyclopédie'': ''Catalogue'' and ''Droit de copie'' (see wikisource infra)

Bibliography

* Augustin-Martin Lottin: ''Catalogue chronologique des libraires et des libraires-imprimeurs de Paris depuis l'an 1470... jusqu'à présent.'' Paris, 1789, 2 vol. * Marie-Anne Merland; Jehanne Reyniers: ''La Fortune d'André-François Lebreton.'' In ''Revue française d'histoire du livre.'' Jan.-März 1979 * Jean-Dominique Mellot; Élisabeth Queval: ''Répertoire d'imprimeurs/libraires (vers 1500-vers 1810).'' Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2004, (p. 170). * Robert Darnton: ''The Business of Enlightenment: Publishing History of the Encyclopédie 1775-1800.'' Harvard University Press 1987, * Blom, Philipp: ''Das vernünftige Ungeheuer. Diderot, D'Alembert, De Jaucourt und die Grosse Enzyklopädie.'' Eichborn Verlag Frankfurt a/M. 2005, , (p. 78), 131

References

External links

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on data.bnf.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:David, Michel-Antoine Contributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772) Printers from Paris Publishers (people) from Paris Denis Diderot 1707 births 1769 deaths