The Printed Book in Brittany, 1484-1600
Biographical note
Malcolm Walsby, Ph.D. (2001) in History, is a lecturer at the University of St Andrews. He has co-edited bibliographies on French and Netherlandish printing (6 volumes, Brill). He is the author of The Counts of Laval: Culture, Patronage and Religion (Ashgate, 2007).
Readership
All those interested in intellectual history, the history of the book and of printing, as well as bibliographers, historians, theologians and literary scholars of early modern France and Europe.
Table of contents
Introduction
1. A false dawn: the incunabula era
2. The disappearance of the presses
3. The rebirth of printing
4. A new business model
5. The Breton book world
6. Ownership, readership and authorship
7. Printers, booksellers and Protestantism
8. The wars of the League: pamphlets and the transformation of the presses
Conclusions
Appendixes:
A. Booksellers and printers active in Brittany 1480-1600
B. Books printed in Brittany or for Breton booksellers
C. Books mistakenly attributed to Breton printers or booksellers
Bibliography
Index
1. A false dawn: the incunabula era
2. The disappearance of the presses
3. The rebirth of printing
4. A new business model
5. The Breton book world
6. Ownership, readership and authorship
7. Printers, booksellers and Protestantism
8. The wars of the League: pamphlets and the transformation of the presses
Conclusions
Appendixes:
A. Booksellers and printers active in Brittany 1480-1600
B. Books printed in Brittany or for Breton booksellers
C. Books mistakenly attributed to Breton printers or booksellers
Bibliography
Index
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