Independent French publishing house founded in 1935 by Gabriel Habauzit. The values of the house have always been based on the fields of health-well-being, history, psychology-neurosciences, spirituality, nature – ecology, everyday life.
1935-1960
1935-1960 : publication of novels – Madame Bovary, Jane Eyre, Oliver Twist, Quest for fire and the famous collection of sentimental novels «Delly».
First history books with Savorgna de Brazza by René Maran (prix Goncourt 1921) published in 1951 and reprinted in 2010 on the occasion of the transfer of the ashes of Brazza into the mausoleum built for him in Brazzaville (Congo). This period will also be the time of art books: Marie Laurencin, François Villon and Pearl Buck.
1960-1978
1960-1978 : publication of the first how-to books and dictionaries (Dictionnaire de l’argot moderne, 1960 ; 8 000 words of slang from 1930, Dictionnaire d’Americanismes and the 1st dictionary Arabic express of the collection “Langues Express”, 1976 with more than 40 references today.
1978-1992
1978-1992 : publication of the first personal development books by American pioneers such as Addington, Bailes, de Waters. First health books with the best seller Les Secrets d’une herboriste de Marie-MarieAntoinette Mulot (1985).
First publication of Jungian psychology written by Marie-Louise Von Franz, Etienne Perrot but also C.G Jung in 1992 (purchase of Renard Editions catalogue by Dauphin).
1992-2018
1992-2018: the publisher affirms its identity throught its collections of health/wellness, languages express, practical life, psychology, spirituality, history, and esoterism.
2019
2019-2022: new logo and graphic chart for the publishing company.
Managed by the 4th generation of the founder, the house publishes 30 new titles per year with 600 titles in the catalogue.