Publishing Netorks in France in the Early Era of Print [Hardcover]

This book examines commercial and personal connections in the early modern book trade in Paris and northwestern France, ca. 14501550. The book market, commercial trade, and geo-political ties connected the towns of Paris, Caen, Angers, Rennes, and Nantes, making this a fertile area for the transference of different fields of knowledge via book culture. Diane Booton investigates various aspects of book production (typography and illustration), market (publishers and booksellers), and ownership (buyers and annotators) and describes commercial and intellectual dissemination via established pathways, drawing on primary and archival sources.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Map of northwestern France

Introduction

Chapter 1 Profiting from a Breton Bestseller

Chapter 2 The (Re)use of Interchangeable Blocks

Chapter 3 Selling Books as a Breton Business

Chapter 4 Breton Diaspora and the Book Business

Chapter 5 Shaping a Readers Library

Conclusions

Appendix

Bibliography

Index