Licensing loyalty
McLeod, Jane.
Licensing loyalty printers, patrons, and the state in early modern France / [electronic resource] : Jane McLeod. - University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (302 p. ) - The Penn State series in the history of the book . - Penn State series in the history of the book. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
9780271053639 0271053631
Censorship--History.--France
Book industries and trade--Political aspects--History.--France
Printers--Social conditions--History.--France
Printers--Certification--History.--France
Printing--History.--France
Electronic books.
Z144 / .M39 2011
070.50944
Licensing loyalty printers, patrons, and the state in early modern France / [electronic resource] : Jane McLeod. - University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (302 p. ) - The Penn State series in the history of the book . - Penn State series in the history of the book. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
9780271053639 0271053631
Censorship--History.--France
Book industries and trade--Political aspects--History.--France
Printers--Social conditions--History.--France
Printers--Certification--History.--France
Printing--History.--France
Electronic books.
Z144 / .M39 2011
070.50944