Jean-Louis de Boubers

Jean-Louis de Boubers de Corbeville sometimes named Boubers the Younger (18 June 1731 – 30 July 1804) was a French then Belgian printer, publisher and bookseller. He was also characters founder, music publisher and paper producer. He became royal printer for the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels.

Jean-Louis de Boubers
Jean-Louis de Boubers de Corbeville
Jean-Louis de Boubers
Born(1731-06-18)18 June 1731
Lille (France)
Died30 July 1804(1804-07-30) (aged 73)
Brussels (Belgium)
Nationality France
Other namesBoubers the Younger
Citizenship Belgium
Known forediting Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Spouse(s)Daughter of André-Joseph Panckoucke
Scientific career
FieldsPrinter, publisher and bookseller
InstitutionsDunkerque, Liège, Brussels
Notes
Freemason, Brussels Lodge Les Vrais Amis de la Justice

Biography

Jean-Louis de Boubers, born in Lille, was the son of Henri-Louis de Boubers de Corbeville, Captain in the Maillé Infantry Regiment and of Marie-Catherine Gavois.[1] He was the brother of Claude-René-Denis de Boubers, named Denis de Boubers, "one of the most remarkable typographer of France",[2] and of Henri-François de Boubers, printer.

Son-in-law in first marriage (1752) of Louis-François Barbier, bookseller in Arras, his second wife (1759) was the daughter of the Lille bookseller André-Joseph Panckoucke.[3] He entered the selected circle of the founder of the eighteenth century first press empire created by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke and Henri Agasse de Cresne (fr). This northern French tradition will continue through Jean Prouvost (fr), founder of the press group Paris Match and Marie Claire.

Printer and bookseller in Dunkerque in 1748, there is strong evidence to indicate that he got another address registration in Liège. "Liège was actually a duty-free country where printing was developing in the eighteenth century because of equally free counterfeiting practices."[4] In 1759, Jean-Louis de Boubers had allegedly been involved in the conflict between Pierre Rousseau (fr) and Liege authorities: he was ordered "to migrate from the city within three times twenty four hours". In 1760, he wished to go to Lille to replace Charles-Joseph Panckoucke but was blocked by the town councillor.[1] However, in 1761, he obtained the Liege Bourgeois diploma.

Then he migrated to Brussels where he got authorization to establish as printer in 1768. Six years later he was responsible of the most prestigious editions of the Jean-Jacques Rousseau complete works in 12 volumes at a London address.

Granted the privilege of Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie bookseller, he published plays and opéras comiques performed from 1777 to 1799.

Freemason, he joined the Brussels Lodge Les Vrais Amis de la Justice. He printed the journal de Bruxelles.[5] Jean-Louis de Boubers died in Brussels in 1804.

References
  1. Frédéric Barbier (1 January 2002). Lumières du nord: imprimeurs, libraires et "gens du livre" dans le nord au XVIIIe siècle (1701-1789) : dictionnaire prosopographique. Librairie Droz. pp. 216–. ISBN 978-2-600-00683-5.
  2. Daniel Droixhe (2007). Une histoire des Lumières au pays de Liège: livre, idées, société. Editions de l'ULG. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-2-87456-036-1.
  3. "Jean-Louis de Boubers (1731-1804)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  4. Pascal, Durand (1999). "Des éditeurs sans édition. Genèse et structure de l'espace éditorial en Belgique francophone". ORBi. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  5. categorie Commons;
    Primairy source, see footnote on pages: 608 and 167

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