Le libraire Casimiro Monier et ses journaux français de Madrid

Taking as its starting point documents held in different Spanish and French archives and libraries, this paper discusses the activities of Casimiro Monier--entrepreneur, bookseller and owner of a reading cabinet--and his two attempts to found a journal francais de Madrid in 1842 and 1843 as a means to reinforce cultural bonds between Spain and France. More specifically, the focus is on the troubled history of his reading cabinet and the less short-lived of his newspapers, L'International, which was active between October and December 1843.