Laurent Durand

Laurent Durand (1712, Paris – 1763) was an 18th-century French publisher active in the Age of Enlightenment.

His shop was established rue Saint-Jacques under the sign Saint Landry & du griffon.

On 31 January 1739, he married Elizabeth Carbonnier, a niece of a certain François Jouenne.

He was one of the four publishers of the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert, along with Michel-Antoine David, André le Breton, and Antoine-Claude Briasson.

He also was Denis Diderot's main publisher as well as that of several clandestine books.