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By a contract of 24 April 1658 Tavernier married Jeanne
Gobille, sister of Gédéon Gobille, a seller of etchings. An illness in 1661 incapacitated Tavernier, and in May 1665 his wife had a document drawn up before a notary to protect her interests. Tavernier died shortly after: the inventory after his
568:, p. 145, unaware of the younger Melchior Tavernier, states: "Im Jahre 1618 wurde er Kupferstecher und Kupferdrucker des Königlichen Hauses." ("In 1618 he became intaglio engraver and printer to the king.") In 1620, when Melchior I Tavernier was sued by the book printers (
57:(who became a well-known writer and traveller), Gabriel III, Daniel, and Marie. His father, Gabriel II Tavernier, died in 1607; the inventory after his decease is dated 23 February 1607. By a contract of 30 June 1609, the younger Melchior Tavernier apprenticed with
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to Paris and stated that his father died in 1614. On 7 December 1615, the assets of the elder
Gabriel Tavernier's business and the lease for the house of 'La Huppe' on the Pont Marchand passed to the younger Melchior Tavernier's mother, Suzanne Tonnelier.
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ruled in exile; the family lived there from 1590 to 1594. French engraving was of lower quality compared to the
Flemish school, and Protestants, such as the family of Gabriel I Tavernier, brought high quality copperplate engraving to France. The first
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137:, at the sign of 'La Huppe', parish of Saint-Barthélémy, where he remained in 1612. The elder Melchior Tavernier, who is otherwise obscure, claimed at a legal proceeding in 1620 that Gabriel I Tavernier introduced the art of
108:. It contained twenty maps of the provinces of France, the engraving of which was done by Gabriel Tavernier. Bouguereau said that the opportunity to use a highly skilled engraver encouraged him to publish the atlas.
69:, he was baptised in 1594. It is often very difficult, with our current state of knowledge, to distinguish the work of the younger Melchior Tavernier from that of his uncle.
214:'à la Rose rouge' and later on the quai facing the Quai de la Mégisserie 'à la Sphère royale' (1638 at the latest). On 12 February 1644 he sold part of his assets to
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He was the son of
Gabriel II Tavernier (1566–1607), an engraver, who in 1573 moved with his father Gabriel I Tavernier (born
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Tavernier shop in 1620, and Tavernier became one of his publishers. Between 1623 and 1629
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Livre d’architecture contenant plusieurs portiques de differentes inventions, sur les cinq ordres de colomnes
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Studies in carto-bibliography, British and French, and in the bibliography of itineraries and road-books
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to Paris. The younger
Melchior Tavernier's mother was Suzanne Tonnelier. He had four siblings:
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c. 1520; died 1614) and his brother
Melchior Tavernier (born 1544 or 1564; died 1641) from
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Le Théâtre françois, où sont comprises les chartes générales et particulières de la France
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Le Théâtre françois, où sont comprises les chartes générales et particulières de la France
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Print
Culture in Early Modern France: Abraham Bosse and the Purposes of Print
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states
Melchior Tavernier (1564?–1641) was engraver to the king in 1614.
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396:, pp. 287–290, give: "Tavernier Gabriel II (mi-XVIe siècle–1607";
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Initially
Tavernier continued to operate the shop at 'La Huppe' on the
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228:, for eleven million. Retired from business, he bought the office of
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Pedley, Mary Spoonberg (1981). "The Map Trade in Paris, 1650-1825,"
939:, revised edition, Q–Z. Riverside, Connecticut: Early World Press.
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Dictionnaire des Ă©diteurs d'estampes Ă Paris sous l'Ancien RĂ©gime
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and the rest to Pierre Mariette (1596–1657), the grandfather of
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After Gabriel I Tavernier returned to Paris, he resided on the
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for four years at the age of fourteen, and from this Préaud
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contrôleur et clerc d'office de la maison du duc d'Orléans
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concluded he was born in 1594 or 1595. According to the
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184:. He also published, beginning in 1632, early works by
962:, 34 volumes, edited by Jane Turner. New York: Grove.
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702:, 34 volumes, edited by Jane Turner. New York: Grove.
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Carte géographique des postes qui traversent la France
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Le vray et primitif heritage de la couronne de France
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Plan of Paris published by Melchior Tavernier in 1630
882:, 22 volumes. Munich: E. A. Fleischmann, 1835–1852.
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206:'Ă l'enseigne Franc Gaulois', then in 1621, to the
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428:says Melchior Tavernier was "born in 1564 (?) in
287:Règles des cinq ordres d'architecture de Vignolle
76:occupied Paris, the Tavernier family had fled to
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717:The Paris of Henri IV: Architecture and Urbanism
416:, and died in 1641, when he was 97 years old.
168:made woodcuts for Tavernier after drawings by
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156:graveur et imprimeur en taille-douce du Roi
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676:"Tavernier, Melchior (1594-1665)"
244:Works that he published include:
937:Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers
862:, 10 volumes. Paris, 1846–1859.
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935:Scott, Valerie, editor (2004).
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985:17th-century French engravers
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782:. Tours: Maurice Bouguereau.
762:Benezit Dictionary of Artists
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152:intaglio engraver and printer
778:Bouguereau, Maurice (1594).
255:Plan de la ville de Toulouse
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956:, vol. 20, pp. 415–418, in
878:, vol. 18, pp. 144–147, in
832:, vol. 19, p. 257, in
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884:HathiTrust catalog record
864:Hathitrust catalog record
828:Grivel, Marianne (1996).
574:imprimeur en taille-douce
249:Plan de la ville de Paris
852:Haag, Eugène; Émile Haag
811:Goldstein, Carl (2012).
432:, died 1641, in Paris";
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796:Fordham, Herbert George
715:Ballon, Hilary (1991).
202:but later moved to the
952:Walsh, Amy L. (1996).
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959:The Dictionary of Art
876:"Tavernier, Melchior"
835:The Dictionary of Art
757:"Tavernier, Melchior"
699:The Dictionary of Art
696:, vol. 5, p. 294, in
375:Isle de France (1643)
363:Map of England (1642)
146:Later life and career
117:Quai de la MĂ©gisserie
37:and print publisher.
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872:Nagler, Georg Kaspar
806:at Internet Archive.
734:"Tavernier, Gabriel"
580:, pp. 288–289;
570:imprimeurs-libraires
351:Map of Europe (1642)
315:Perspective pratique
528:, pp. 213–214.
489:, pp. 287–290.
261:Alessandro Francini
694:"BĂĽsinck. Ludolph"
692:Anonymous (1996).
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86:Parlement of Paris
72:In 1589, when the
27:Melchior Tavernier
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526:Ballon 1991
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