Huppe' on the Pont Marchand passed to the younger Melchior Tavernier's mother, Suzanne Tonnelier. Later life and career In 1618 Melchior Tavernier became an intaglio engraver and printer to the king (graveur et imprimeur en taille-douce du Roi) with an emphasis on historical subjects and maps. On 2 April 1619 he married Sarah Pitten and on 30 April he purchased from his mother the assets of the family business and took over the lease of its premises, 'La Huppe' on the Pont Marchand. The couple had at least three daughters (Suzanne, Marie-Madeleine and Marie-Catherine) who were still living on 16 March 1638, when an inventory was drawn up after the death of their mother. Abraham Bosse became an apprentice in the Tavernier shop in 1620, and Tavernier became one of his publishers. Between 1623 and 1629 Ludolph Büsinck made woodcuts for Tavernier after drawings by Georges Lallemand. Tavernier has an important place in the history of the French map trade. He published and sold maps and atlases of, among others, Henry Hondius, Jan Jansson, and Nicolas Tassin. He also published, beginning in 1632, early works by Nicolas Sanson, often referred to as the founder of French cartography. Initially Tavernier continued to operate the shop at 'La Huppe' on the but later moved to the Pont Notre-Dame 'à l'enseigne Franc Gaulois', then in 1621, to the Île du Palais, first at the corner of the rue de Harlay 'à la Rose rouge' and later on the quai facing the Quai de la Mégisserie 'à la Sphère royale' (1638 at the latest). On 12 February 1644 he sold part of his assets to François Langlois for five million livres and the rest to Pierre Mariette (1596–1657), the grandfather of Jean Mariette, for eleven million. Retired from business, he bought the office of contrôleur et clerc d'office de la maison du duc d'Orléans. By a contract of 24 April 1658 Tavernier married Jeanne Gobille, sister of Gédéon Gobille, a seller of etchings. An illness in 1661 incapacitated Tavernier, and in May 1665 his wife had a document drawn up before a notary to protect her interests. Tavernier died shortly after: the inventory after his decease is dated 25 May 1665. Works Works that he published include: Plan de la ville de Paris (1630). Plan de la ville de Toulouse (1631). Alessandro Francini, Livre d’architecture contenant plusieurs portiques de differentes inventions, sur les cinq