Diane E. Booton

Publishing Networks in France in the Early Era of Print

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines commercial and personal connections in the early modern book trade in Paris and northwestern France, ca. 1450-1550.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9781138712539
• ISBN-10: 1138712531
• Artikelnr.: 52494484

Autorenporträt

Diane E. Booton, Ph.D., is an independent scholar specializing in the history of the book in late medieval and early modern Europe.

Inhaltsangabe

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 Reader's Library
Conclusions
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

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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 Reader's Library; Conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Rezensionen

"Booton skillfully guides the reader through the collaborative process of early modern print in a provincial context, restoring to our sight the importance of commercial imperatives in determining the final shape and form of the book."

- Pollie Bromilow, University of Liverpool