Henri-Jean Martin (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi ʒɑ̃ maʁtɛ̃]; 16 January 1924 – 13 January 2007) was a leading authority on the history of the book in Europe, and an expert on the history of writing and printing.
In 1958 he published his famous work, L'Apparition du Livre (The Coming of the Book), which he co-authored with the French historian Lucien Febvre.
In 1962 he was named conservateur en chef of the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon.
With master printer Marius Audin he helped create Lyon's Musée de l’Imprimerie.
In 1970 he left Lyon for Paris, and a chair of bibliography the history of the book at the École Nationale des Chartes, where he taught until 1993.