Françoise Loir (The widow of Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy)
1media/IMG_0629.jpg2023-02-09T11:24:02-08:00Sue Luftscheinc3da4f338cfb5c3d980919bd84c8fb083c380bd6423928plain2023-03-01T11:30:31-08:00Sue Luftscheinc3da4f338cfb5c3d980919bd84c8fb083c380bd6GermanyThe widow of Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy has been identified as Françoise Loir. She married Mabre-Cramoisy in 1670, and took over management of the shop in 1687. Her husband was the grandson of the printer to Cardinal Richelieu, and the great grandson of another highly successful printer in France, and under her management the shop continued producing works both under his name, and under her identification as "la veuve de Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy", and the imprint as "Chez la Veuve de Sebastian Mabre-Cramoisy".
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1media/IMG_0629_thumb.jpg2023-02-12T16:30:51-08:00Widow of Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy1Colophon, Recueil historique de la vie et des ouvrages des plus celebres architectes.media/IMG_0629.jpgplain2023-02-12T16:30:51-08:0034.020083333333,-118.2840520230210115901-0800