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The passage was built in 1829 near Great boulevards, then very frequented by architect Antoine Tavernier on the site of four hotels contiguous acquired by the bank Mallet with the aim of a speculative. Proponents did demolish these hotels, with the exception of a few elements of the hotel Gesvres who were retained, including the porch, which is today the northern entrance of the passage. The place has a past literary; Alphonse Lemerre, the former editor of poets Parnassiens had indeed his shop in the passage at No. 23, and Louis-Ferdinand Céline child lived there for many years, his mother holding a small shop of news. It immortalisa passage in its decrepit in 1936 under the name Passage of Bérésinas Death to credit. Theatre des Bouffes-Parisiens has its secondary output in the passage and contributes since it opened in 1857 in the animation of passage. With its 190 meters long, it is one of the longest in the capital. The passage is open Monday to Saturday from 07:00 to 21:00.