Category:Simier

Simier bookbinding workshop consisted of:

• René Simier (1772–1843); Tradition states that he left the army about 1798, and the 1847 Almanach refers to him founding his bookbinding workshop in 1800. Between 1809-1812, he was "Binder to the Empress Marie Louise." In 1826, "Simier Père et Fils" are listed in the Almanach as "Binders to the King" and "Madame and the Duc de Bordeaux". Simier appeared in the directories from 1809-1826, when the entry became "Père et Fils". He received a Medal of Honour in 1819. His first address in 1809 was Neuve-des Bons-Enfants 35. From 1814 he moved to St. Honoré 152. H. Béraldi however (Les reliures, I, p. 35) gives his address in 1810 as Passage Radziwill, which leads out of Neuve-des-Bons-Enfants to rue Valois;
• Alphonse Simier, fils; he appears on his own in 1821 at Bertin Poirée 6 in the 1821 Almanach and then in 1826 Almanach with his father at rue St. Honoré 152 where he carried on the business under the family name after his father's death (C. Ramsden, French bookbinders, p. 190.);
• Jean Simier; this binder who appears in the 1847-1849 Almanachs is reputed to be a nephew of the elder Simier. (The British Library: Database of Bookbinders).