Name

Lemercier, Joseph

Variants
Lemercier, Joseph Rose
Birth and Death
1803–1887
Author and Date of Entry
Sarah Keller 2023
Biographical Data

In 1851, Joseph Lemercier founded Lemercier et Compagnie, the most important printing company in Paris between 1850 and 1870. In 1887, his nephew Alfred took over the publishing house. The company printed the plates for Emile Prisse d’Avennes’ book *L’art arabe d’après les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe* *siècle jusqu’à la fin du XVIIIe*, 1877.