The Cointet Brothers’ Expansion

Illusions perdues

The brothers turn local competition into a broader strategy of control, using printing, credit, and David’s invention to strengthen their business.

increasing

Bearing strength in each event

decreasing

A Second Printer A Second Printer from "Illusions perdues". A Second Printer Opportunity The Cointet brothers acquire the additional printer’s license in Angoulême and begin challenging the Séchard business.

A Second Printer from "Illusions perdues". A Second Printer Opportunity The Cointet brothers acquire the additional printer’s license in Angoulême and begin challenging the Séchard business.

A Second Printer Opportunity The Cointet brothers acquire the additional printer’s license in Angoulême and begin challenging the Séchard business. Advantage They combine paper manufacture, printing, and access to institutional clients.

Institutional Clients Institutional Clients from "Illusions perdues". Institutional Clients Consolidation The brothers win printing work from church and local authorities while David Séchard remains politically detached.

Institutional Clients from "Illusions perdues". Institutional Clients Consolidation The brothers win printing work from church and local authorities while David Séchard remains politically detached.

Institutional Clients Consolidation The brothers win printing work from church and local authorities while David Séchard remains politically detached. Market shift Their growth narrows David’s business to less profitable work.

Cérizet Recruited Cérizet Recruited from "Illusions perdues". Cérizet Recruited Approach The brothers pay Cérizet for proof-reading and offer him a path to advancement.

Cérizet Recruited from "Illusions perdues". Cérizet Recruited Approach The brothers pay Cérizet for proof-reading and offer him a path to advancement.

Cérizet Recruited Approach The brothers pay Cérizet for proof-reading and offer him a path to advancement. Espionage He slows production at the Séchard shop and reports on David’s experiments.

Debt as a Weapon Debt as a Weapon from "Illusions perdues". Debt as a Weapon Proceedings The Cointets use Métivier and legal procedures to pursue David Séchard over Lucien’s forged bills.

Debt as a Weapon from "Illusions perdues". Debt as a Weapon Proceedings The Cointets use Métivier and legal procedures to pursue David Séchard over Lucien’s forged bills.

Debt as a Weapon Proceedings The Cointets use Métivier and legal procedures to pursue David Séchard over Lucien’s forged bills. Strategy The accumulating costs and threat of imprisonment put the family under pressure to bargain.

A Paper Monopoly A Paper Monopoly from "Illusions perdues". A Paper Monopoly Exploitation The Cointet brothers use their capital and distribution network to turn David’s plant-fiber method into a large-scale business.

A Paper Monopoly from "Illusions perdues". A Paper Monopoly Exploitation The Cointet brothers use their capital and distribution network to turn David’s plant-fiber method into a large-scale business.

A Paper Monopoly Exploitation The Cointet brothers use their capital and distribution network to turn David’s plant-fiber method into a large-scale business. Reward Boniface Cointet’s commercial ascent confirms how effectively the brothers convert another person’s labor into power.

Around 1819

Early 1820s

During Ève’s almanac venture

1822

After David’s invention is acquired