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The book market, commercial trade, and geopolitical 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.
Publishing Networks in France in the Early Era of Print “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 This book examines commercial and personal connections in the early modern book trade in Paris and northwestern France, c. Table of contents : Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of illustrations Acknowledgments Common abbreviations Bibliographic abbreviations Introduction 1 Profiting from a Breton bestseller 2 The (re)use of interchangeable blocks 3 Selling books as a Breton business 4 Breton diaspora and the book business 5 Shaping a reader’s library Conclusions Appendix Bibliography Topographical Index of Cited Printers, Publishers, and Booksellers in France General Index Citation preview