Alphonse Alkan

Alphonse Alkan (also known as Alphonse the Elder, 1809 in Paris – 1889 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French printer, bibliographer, and author.[1] He was a brother of Eugène Alcan but the reason for the difference in the orthography of the family name has never been explained.[2] He first worked as a practical printer, then wrote for various typographical and bibliographical reviews, and subsequently was appointed secretary and proof-reader to the Count de Clarac, keeper of the Museum of Antiquities in the Louvre.[1] Alkan was a prolific writer and the author of many books, pamphlets, and articles, which deal with the art and history of printing and illustrating as well as with bibliography.[1]

The Jewish Encyclopedia lists his most important books as:

• Les Femmes Compositrices d'Imprimerie sous la Révolution Française de 1794, par un Ancien Typographe, 1862 (anonymous)
• Les Graveurs de Portraits en France, 1879
• Documents pour Servir à l'Histoire de la Librairie Parisienne, 1879
• Les Livres et Leurs Ennemis, 1883
• Les Etiquettes et les Inscriptions des Boîtes-Volumes de Pierre Jannet, Fondateur de la Bibliothèque Elzéverienne, 1883
• Edouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye, un Fondeur en Caractères, Membre de l'Institut, 1886
• Berbignier et SonLivre: les Farfadets, 1889
• Les Quatre Doyens de la Typographie Parisienne, 1889

References

1. ALKAN, ALPHONSE. Jewish Encyclopedia. 1901-1906. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
2. ALCAN, EUGÈNE. Jewish Encyclopedia. 1901-1906. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Alcan, Alphonse". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

External links

• Works by or about Alphonse Alkan at the Internet Archive