Jules Pellechet
Life. Born in Paris to the architect Auguste Pellechet (1789-1871), he studied at the École polytechnique and the École des beaux-arts (class of 1850) in the studio of Abel Blouet. In 1869 he became a member of the "société centrale des architectes français" and in 1899 was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur. He died in Paris. His daughter Marie began compilation of "Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France".