Adolphe Charles Maulde (September 14, 1796 - October 21, 1858) was a French bookseller, printer, and publisher based in Paris. He began as a bookseller in 1828 and quickly established himself as a leader in the industry, becoming the director and one of the owners of Affiches Parisiennes and a representative of the Chambre syndicale patronale (a group of Parisian printers and publishers). In 1836, he began printing as well as selling books, going into business with Stanislas Théophile Renou (1805 - 1872). Maulde et Renou became a leading printer of letterpress, sales catalogs, legal memoranda, and short published works, as well as broadsides and posters. In 1857, Renou took over the business and adopted lithographic printing. After Renou's death, his widow evidently took over the business in tandem with a new partner, the company being renamed Vves Renou, Maulde et Cock in 1873, then to Vve Renou et Maulde in 1885. It then became Typographie et lithographie A. Maulde et Cie (often simply reverting to 'Imprimerie Maulde et Renou') in 1888, and then, in 1895, Maulde, Doumenc et Cie, suggesting a new leader of the firm. Under this name, the firm continued to print a wide variety of works (including maps) until about 1920.
