Henri Paul JONQUIÈRES (French, Buenos Aires 1 895 – 1975 Coulommiers) Henri Paul JONQUIÈRES is a French publisher, typographer and artistic director. Descendant of Léon Jonquières (1840-1919), born in Montréjeau (Haute-Garonne) and who emigrated to Buenos Aires in 1859, Henri Paul and his family returned to France in 1902 and settled in Paris. After the war, helped by the Parisian publisher Georges Crès who had married his sister Amélie Jonquières (1883-1958), Henri Paul launched into the book trade. In May 1922, he created his own publishing house, Éditions Henri Jonquières et Cie at 21 rue Visconti. The works published by Jonquières are particularly cared for, by the demanding typographical choices and the contribution of talented illustrators, they are quickly noticed. His “Les Beaux Romans” collection quickly placed him in the landscape of the high bibliophile of the time. In 1928, Georges Crès sold his company Les Arts et le Livre to Henri Jonquières who operated the two houses under the same name. At the end of 1929, economic difficulties began: buyers of illustrated books became increasingly rare. After a first liquidation in 1932, Jonquières filed for bankruptcy in 1935: he left a catalog of nearly 160 books 3 . He then moved to 21 rue du Vieux-Colombier and in 1934 entered the service of typographer Charles Peignot; he then contributed to the layout and typographic choices of the magazine Les Arts et Métiers Graphiques until 1939. After 1945, he became artistic director, typographer and model maker; he works at the Estienne school and at the Beaux-Arts , as well as for the Nicaise bookstore (Paris). His son Pierre Jonquières, born in 1933, is a typographer and lithographer.