Barbou

Barbou, the name of a celebrated French family of printers, the descendants of John Barbou of Lyons, who lived in the 16th century. From his press issued the beautiful edition of the works of Clement Marot in 1539. His son, Hugh Barbou, removed from Lyons to Limoges, where, among other works, his celebrated edition of Cicero's Letters to Atticus appeared in 1580. Joseph Gerard Barbou, a descendant of the same family, settled in Paris, and continued in 1755 the series of Latin classics in duodecimo—rivals to the Elzevirs of an earlier date—which had been begun in 1743 by Coustelier. This series of classics is much prized for its elegance and correctness.