[COMMERCE]SEIGNEURIE, Albert. General Directory of the Frenc - Lot 102

[COMMERCE]SEIGNEURIE, Albert. General Directory of the French Grocery Trade & Related Industries. An excellent publication, beautifully printed on paper of various colors and illustrated with commercial advertisements. Paris, Bourse du Commerce, 1904. In-8, publisher’s cardboard binding in red half-percale with yellow covers, printed edges (advertisements) 868 pp., sections in various colors, numerous advertising inserts with black-and-white illustrations. Spine slightly faded, some scuffing on the cardboard binding, corners worn. A directory listing the names of merchants by department and then by city. It also includes all entries for Algeria and Tunisia, which were then under French protectorate. Chapters are devoted specifically to business management: the sale of businesses, legislation, trade unions, and more. Albert Seigneurie (1852–1922), a businessman, devoted much of his career to organizing and defending the interests of the retail sector, founding the trade journal *L’Épicier* and later this *General Directory of the French Grocery Trade*. A fine copy.