Overview

Winner of the 2021 SCSC Bainton Prize for Reference Works Booksellers and Printers in Provincial France 1470–1600 is the first comprehensive guide to the Renaissance French book trade outside of Paris and Lyon. This volume presents short biographies for over 2700 booksellers, printers and bookbinders – over sixty of whom are identified as fictitious. The biographies are accompanied wherever possible by the details of commercial partnerships, the type used by printers and reproductions of over a hundred signatures. The book provides the details of over six hundred women who either married into the trade or were independently active. The introductory essay analyses the nature, evolution and geographic dispersion of the members of the trade. It is an indispensable tool for understanding the French Renaissance book world.

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Author:   Malcolm Walsby
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   87
Weight:   1.503kg
ISBN:  

9789004324138

ISBN 10:   9004324135
Pages:   902
Publication Date:   11 December 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations 1 French Booksellers and Printers and the Provincial Book Trade during the Renaissance  Booksellers and Printers in Provincial France  A Diverse Group  Women in the Provincial Book Trade  Commercial Relationships  Fictitious Printers and Booksellers 2 A Guide to the Dictionary  The Sources 3 Table of Abbreviations and Bibliography 4 Booksellers, Printers, and Bookbinders of Provincial France, 1470–1600 Index of Booksellers and Printers Falsely Indicated as Being Active in Provincial France during the Sixteenth Century Index of Family Trees Index Cognominum Index of Women Booksellers and Printers Active Independently Index of Women Named as Having Married Male Booksellers and Printers Index of Illustrations

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Malcolm Walsby hat eine enorme Leistung vollbracht. Wer uber franzoesischen Provinzialbuchdruck kunftig arbeiten will, kann an diesem Buch nicht vorbeigehen. Wolfgang Schmitz, in: Informationsmittel (IFB).

“Malcolm Walsby hat eine enorme Leistung vollbracht. Wer über französischen Provinzialbuchdruck künftig arbeiten will, kann an diesem Buch nicht vorbeigehen.“ Wolfgang Schmitz, in: Informationsmittel (IFB).

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Malcolm Walsby is professor of book history at Enssib/University of Lyon, director of the Gabriel Naudé research centre, and co-founder of the Universal Short Title Catalogue. He has published extensively on the early modern European book world.

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