The French Book Trade in the Ancien Regime, 1500-1791 / David T. Pottinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pottinger, David T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Book industries and trade--History--France.

Book industries and trade.

Early printed books--Bibliography--France.

Early printed books.

Printing--History--France.

Printing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "The French Book Trade in the Ancien Regime, 1500-1791".

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Part One. AUTHORS IN THE ANCIEN REGIME

CHAPTER Ι. SOCIAL DETERMINANTS

CHAPTER 11. THE AUTHOR AND HIS PUBLIC

CHAPTER III. AUTHOR , PUBLISHER , AND PRINTER

CHAPTER IV. CENSORSHIP

CHAPTER V. REWARDS OF AUTHORSHIP

Part Two. DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOOK TRADE

CHAPTER VI. THE BROTHERHOOD OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

CHAPTER VII. ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK GUILD

CHAPTER VIII. ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOOK TRADE

Part Three. THE MASTERS

CHAPTER IX. THE MASTER PRINTERS

CHAPTER X. THE MASTER LIΒRAIRES

CHAPTER XI. PROTECTION OF LITERARY PROPERTY

Part Four. THE WORKMEN

CHAPTER XII. THE JOURNEYMEN

CHAPTER XIII. THE APPRENTICES

Part Five. AUXILIARY TRADES

CHAPTER XIV. PAPERMAKING

CHAPTER XV. BOOK ILLUSTRATION

CHAPTER XVI. BINDING

CONCLUSION

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A. MONEY AND PURCHASING POWER

APPENDIX Β. SOME DETAILS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT

APPENDIX C. THE GUILD SYSTEM

INDEX

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-43258-4

OCLC:

162347026