Société Typographique de Bouillon

Société Typographique de Bouillon

Founding of the Society

Year Authority / Notes

1768
According to Musée Ducal (1955), p.33, the censorship in France in the second half of the eighteenth century was so rigourous that many authors submitted their manuscripts to foreign presses. Many presses sprang up along the border of France to serve that very need. One of these was a so-called typographical society in the small Belgian town of Bouillon

Musée Ducal (1955), p.34 indicates that the Société Typographique de Bouillon was established on 1768, November 24, and that this was done at the instigation of Pierre Rousseau (1716-1785).

After the death of Rousseau in 1785, his widow dissolved the Society; this evidently took full effect in 1788, when the physical printing presses were being dispersed for other purposes Musée Ducal (1955), pp.36-37).

The Société Typographique de Bouillon was not a scholarly society as such; it did not have a collection of members who met and delivered papers, some or all of which were published by the organization. We have included it in the Repertorium Veterrimarum Societatum Litterariarum, because its journal was indexed in the Reuss Repertorium (whose scope was limited largely to serial works of scholarly societies), and we are attempting to explicate as many journal-title abbreviations found in that esteemed source as possible.

Seat of the Society

City Authority / Notes

Bouillon
Belgium This location is supported by the name of the Society.

Name of the Society

Dates Name Authority

1768 - 1788 Société Typographique de Bouillon Its name is established by Musée Ducal (1955), which also gives the start date on p.34 and the end date on p.37.

Journals of the Society

Years Full Journal Title Abbrev. Indexed
1769 - 1779 (1. - 10.)

A
Recueil Philosophique et Littéraire de la Société Typographique de Bouillon

The record in Zeitschriftendatenbank(ZDB) gives the numeration as 1(1769)-9(1779).

The record in the Univ. Liège Bibl. cat. gives the numeration as 1(1769)-10(1779). Musée Ducal (1955), p.70, #68 gives the numeration as 1(1769)-10(1779).

[Zeitschriftendatenbank(ZDB); Univ. Liège Bibl. cat.]
Rec. 3. De la Soc. Typograph. de Bouillon
[Reuss, v.4, p.11 cites Rec. 3.]
Recueil 1. De la Soc. Typograph. de Bouillon
[Reuss, v.1, p.203 cites Recueil 1.]
Recueil 2. de la Soc. Typograph. de Bouillon
[Reuss, v.9, p.79 cites Recueil 2.]
Recueil 3. de la Soc. Typogr. de Bouillon
[Reuss, v.4, p.10 cites Recueil 3.] Reuss

Société Typographique de Bouillon
Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1768	According to Musée Ducal (1955), p.33, the censorship in France in the second half of the eighteenth century was so rigourous that many authors submitted their manuscripts to foreign presses. Many presses sprang up along the border of France to serve that very need. One of these was a so-called typographical society in the small Belgian town of Bouillon Musée Ducal (1955), p.34 indicates that the Société Typographique de Bouillon was established on 1768, November 24, and that this was done at the instigation of Pierre Rousseau (1716-1785). After the death of Rousseau in 1785, his widow dissolved the Society; this evidently took full effect in 1788, when the physical printing presses were being dispersed for other purposes Musée Ducal (1955), pp.36-37). The Société Typographique de Bouillon was not a scholarly society as such; it did not have a collection of members who met and delivered papers, some or all of which were published by the organization. We have included it in the Repertorium Veterrimarum Societatum Litterariarum, because its journal was indexed in the Reuss Repertorium (whose scope was limited largely to serial works of scholarly societies), and we are attempting to explicate as many journal-title abbreviations found in that esteemed source as possible.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Bouillon Belgium	This location is supported by the name of the Society.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1768 - 1788	Société Typographique de Bouillon	Its name is established by Musée Ducal (1955), which also gives the start date on p.34 and the end date on p.37.