Théophile-Étienne Gide
Contributions
- Hubert de Sévrac, ou histoire d'un émigré, roman du dix-huitieme siècle translation publisher
- Mémoires du règne de Bossa-Ahadée, roi de Dahomé, état situé dans l'intérieur de la Guinée, et voyage de l'auteur à Abomé, qui en est la capitale, par Robert Norris. On y a ajouté des Observations sur la traite des nègres, & une description de quelques endroites de la côte de Guinée, par C.B. Wadstrom, traduit de l'anglais translation publisher
Knows
- François Gay bookseller publisher
- Laurent-Mathieu Guillaume bookseller publisher writer
- Gabriel-Henri Nicolle bookseller journalist professor publisher
Notes
Théophile-Étienne Gide was born in Geneva to engraver and clockmaker Étienne Gide. He was active in Paris from 1792; from 1792 to February 1797, he worked in partnership with his brother-in-law François Gay, sometimes under the name 'Librairie républicaine (à prix fixe)'. Between 1797 and about 1800, he worked in partnership with Laurent-Mathieu Guillaume.
He became a patented (licensed) librarian on 1st October 1812, with his patent renewed on 15th March 1817. He also worked as a music publisher from 1812 to 1822; his son, musician Casimir Gide (1804-1868) became a patented librarian on 4th February 1833 and took over the company.
Gide died in Paris on 7th January 1837.
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