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