 In 1891, in poor health, Baptiste started negotiations for the sale of his company, but dissatisfied with the price, gave up and died three years later, on 1 October 1893; the company passed on to his brother Hippolyte, who resided in Paris, thus returning to being the branch of the "Garnier Frères" in Rio de Janeiro.Hippolyte Garnier was 77 years old when his brother Baptiste died.The Garnier in France ended up being in the 1890s and 1920s the leading publisher of Spanish-American literature worldwide.