Licensing loyalty : printers, patrons, and the state in early modern France / Jane McLeod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLeod, Jane, author.

Series:

Penn State series in the history of the book.

The Penn State series in the history of the book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printers--France--Social conditions.

Printers.

Book industries and trade--Political aspects--France--History.

Book industries and trade.

Censorship--France--History.

Censorship.

Printing--France--History.

Printing.

Printers--Certification--France--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p. )

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2011].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Explores the evolution of the idea that the rise of print culture was a threat to the royal government of eighteenth-century France. Argues that French printers did much to foster this view as they negotiated a place in the expanding bureaucratic apparatus of the state"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The early history of printers in provincial France, 1470-1660

The vicissitudes of a royal decree : enforcing the October 1667 Order in Council regulating printers in the provinces

The royal council takes control : the 1701 inquiry and the Bureau de la Librairie

The purges : the enforcement of printer quotas in the provinces after 1704

Arguments offered by printers in petitions for licences, 1667/1789

Patronage and bureaucracy intersect : five case studies in the reign of Louis XVI

Behind the rhetoric : the social position and politics of provincial printers, 1750/1789

Conclusion

Appendix A. Printers' wealth in the eighteenth century

Appendix B. Some licensed provincial printers involved in the clandestine book trade, 1750-89, by town.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271053639

9780271056722

027105672X