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French Studies: History of Printing and Publishing in France

Library resources for the study of French and Francophone language, literature, and culture.

Recommended Books

The cultural uses of print in early modern France
Publishing Africa in French : literary institutions and decolonization 1945-1967
The French Book Trade in The Ancien Regime
Poets, patrons, and printers : crisis of authority in late medieval France
Le commerce des livres prohibés à Paris de 1750 à 1789, Belin, Jean Paul.

Printing History in France

Recommended subject headings (copy/paste to UW Libraries Search):

  • Printers
  • Printers -- France
  • Printing -- History
  • Printing -- France -- History

 

*For other Francophone regions, search by country name or region; e.g. Printers -- Switzerland

Authors and Publishers

Recommended subject headings (copy/paste to UW Libraries Search):

  • Authors and publishers -- France
  • Authors and publishers -- Political aspects
  • African literature (French) -- Publishing -- History
  • Feminist literature -- Publishing -- France -- History
  • Literature publishing -- France
  • Literature publishing -- France -- History

 

*For other Francophone regions, search by country name or region; e.g. Québec publishing history

Books and Reading

Recommended subject headings (copy/paste to UW Libraries Search):

  • Books and reading -- France -- history
  • Books and reading -- Political aspects
  • Books and reading -- Social aspects
  • Books and reading -- Political aspects -- France -- History
  • Books and reading -- Social aspects -- France -- History
  • Best sellers -- France

 

*For other Francophone regions, search by country name or region; e.g. Books and reading -- Caribbean