Talk:Guy Marchant

CSD-A7

Er, I may be blind, but for an article of stub length, it does a pretty good job of asserting the importance of the subject. He established a long running business that lasted until the Revolution, and produced over 170 extremely rare and valuable books - a staggering number for the time.

Naturally, the article can be expanded - but it was only just made - give it time to mature. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge ( Talk to Me • Neutrality Project ) 17:29, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, 170 incunabula is a lot. Please take down the speedy tag. A7 is not for that at all. Charles Matthews 17:41, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Agreed! Johnbod 17:49, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Is there any reliable evidence that Guy Marchant started a family business that lasted till the revolution? The web site cited gives no references and doesn't sound very authoritative. Renouard records Guy's nephew Jean as his successor but no successor to Jean (Philippe Renouard, Répertoire des imprimeurs parisiens, libraires, fondeurs de caractères et correcteurs d’imprimerie depuis l’introduction de l’imprimerie à Paris (1470) jusqu’à la fin du seizième siècle, (Paris, 1965), 428). I've found no evidence for the statement in the specialist literature. Vidoue (talk) 19:00, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

It looks like that website may just have copied this old book. If you don't think much of that reference either, I'll happily take the bit out of the article, since it isn't essential. Charles Matthews (talk) 22:45, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Excellent detective work! I'll try to expand the article and remove this rather dodgy "fact".

Vidoue (talk) 22:59, 15 November 2009 (UTC)