Charles-Antoine Jombert Explained

Charles-Antoine Jombert (14 March 1712, Paris – 30 July 1784, Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French bookseller and publisher.

Biography

Charles-Antoine Jombert was born 1712 in Paris.[1]

Jombert belonged to a dynasty of booksellers. He became a bookseller when his father, Claude, who had been a bookseller since 1700, died in 1735.[2]

Charles-Antoine Jombert specialised exclusively in military works and was royal bookseller to the artillery and the Royal Engineers. Later he bought much of Pierre-Jean Mariette's collection of prints and books, published an edition of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, and traded with all of Europe.

He died 1784 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

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  1. Web site: HEIDI – GND 104326050.
  2. Charles-Antoine Jombert (1712-1784), a bookseller for both science and the humanities. Bousquet-Bressolier. C.. Bulletin du bibliophile. 299–333. 1997. 0399-9742. 1997. 2.