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The French book trade in the ancien régime, 1500-1791 / David T. Pottinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pottinger, David T. (David Thomas), 1884-1958
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book industries and trade--France.
- Book industries and trade.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations, portraits
- Contained In:
- ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1958.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Chapter I. Social determinants
- Chapter II. The author and his public
- Chapter III. Author, publisher, and printer
- Chapter IV. Censorship
- Chapter V. Rewards of authorship
- Chapter VI. The brotherhood of St. John the Evangelist
- Chapter VII. Organization of the book guild
- Chapter VIII. Administration of the book trade
- Chapter IX. The master printers
- Chapter X. The master libraires
- Chapter XI. Protection of literary property
- Chapter XII. The journeymen
- Chapter XIII. The apprentices
- Chapter XIV. Papermaking
- Chapter XV. Book illustration
- Chapter XVI. Binding
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Appendix A. Money and purchasing power
- Appendix B. Some details of civil government
- Appendix C. The guild system
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ACLS Humanities Ebook, viewed Aug. 3, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Pottinger, David T. (David Thomas), 1884-1958. French book trade in the ancien régime, 1500-1791.
- ISBN:
- 9780674432581
- 0674432584
- 0674321006
- 9780674321007
- OCLC:
- 1179474314
- Publisher Number:
- 9780674321007
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