Publishing House of Pluchart А.А.

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PUBLISHING HOUSE OF PLUCHART А. A. was founded by printer Alexander Ivanovich Pluchart (1777-1827), French by birth who came to St. Petersburg in 1806 and entered the Russian service. Pluchart created the printing office of the Ministry of Home Affairs in St. Petersburg and became its head in 1808. He was appointed the director of the Senate Printing Office. He resigned in 1814. In the 1800s, he opened a private printing office, lithoprinting office and book shop (15 Nevsky Prospect and close to it on Bolshaya Morskaya Street), he published literary works in both Russian and French languages, albums with prints and lithographs (including views of St. Petersburg and representations of its inhabitants), artists A. E. Martynov, A. O. Orlovsky, K. I. Kolman, P. A. Alexandrov, K. P. Beggrov, А. Tozelli, K. P. Bryullov and A. P. Bryullov participated in the creation of them. After the death of Pluchart his company was inherited by his widow and by his son Adolf Alexandrovich (1806-65) who concentrated on publishing literary productions: works by V. I. Dal, N. V. Gogol (the first editions of Arabesques and The Inspector General), Faust by J. W. Goethe translated by E. I. Huber etc. The illustrated guide book of St. Petersburg prepared by A. P. Bashutsky, Panorama of St. Petersburg was published in 1834. The fundamental publishing project Encyclopaedic Lexicon edited by N. I. Grech and O. I. Senkovsky in 40 volumes was only partly accomplished (in 1835-41, 17 volumes were published). In 1858-59, Pluchart published the journal Veselchak (Cheery Fellow).

References: Андерсон В. М. Семейство Плюшар - типографы // Рус. библиофил. 1911. №1. С. 26-43; Баренбаум И. Е., Костылева Н. А. Книжный Петербург - Ленинград. Л., 1986. С. 93-97.

D. N. Cherdakov. Alexandrov Pavel Alexeevich
Bashutsky Alexander Pavlovich
Beggrow Carl Petrovich
Bryullov Boris Pavlovich
Bryullov Karl Pavlovich
Dal Vladimir Ivanovich
Goethe Johann Wolfgang
Gogol Nikolay Vasilievich
Grech Nikolay Ivanovich
Huber Eduard Ivanovich
Kollmann Karl Ivanovich
Martynov Andrey Efimovich
Orlovsky Alexander Osipovich
Pluchart Adolf Alexandrovich
Pluchart Alexander I.
Senkovsky Osip Ivanovich (Yuzef Yulian)
Tozelli Angelo
Bolshaya Morskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 15
Андерсон В. М. Семейство Плюшар - типографы // Рус. библиофил., 1911
Баренбаум И. Е., Костылева Н. А. Книжный Петербург - Ленинград. Л., 1986