EUR  â¬270.00EUR  â¬225.00 excl. VAT
Denis Janot (fl. 1529-1544), Parisian Printer and Bookseller
A Bibliography
Series: - Library of the Written Word, Volume: 54
- Library of the Written Word - The Handpress World, Volume: 54
Author:
Denis Janot is the prime example of a vernacular printer espousing the highest standards of French Renaissance printing, highly influential in the adoption of roman type to the printing of vernacular material, and a key figure in the development of book illustration.
This bibliography, a comprehensive revison of the authorâs Warwick Ph.D. thesis of 1976, listing 391 editions (41 more than the original version), is based firmly on the description of Janotâs books. Some 1300 copies have been examined, about 80% of the known total. Alongside the bibliography there is an description of Janotâs printing material (including an index of more than 1000 woodcuts), and some analysis of the subjects of his publications.
This bibliography, a comprehensive revison of the authorâs Warwick Ph.D. thesis of 1976, listing 391 editions (41 more than the original version), is based firmly on the description of Janotâs books. Some 1300 copies have been examined, about 80% of the known total. Alongside the bibliography there is an description of Janotâs printing material (including an index of more than 1000 woodcuts), and some analysis of the subjects of his publications.
Stephen Rawles, Ph.D. (1977), University of Warwick, was for many years on the staff of Glasgow University Library. He is also the co-author of three other major bibliographies: Rabelais (1987); French Emblem Books (1999-2002) and Menestrier (2012).
âThe compilation of such a comprehensive and detailed bibliography, with its interpretative apparatus, concerning the remarkable output of an early modern printer, is an impressive undertaking. Rawlesâs volume will certainly become the scholarly reference for Janot, as well as a notable exemplar of descriptive bibliography for early printed books.â
Diane Booton, Université Rennes 2. In: French Studies, Vol. 73, No. 2 (April 2019), pp. 286-287.
âa useful tool in the research of Paris printing in the sixteenth century.â
Frans A. Janssen, University of Amsterdam. In: Quaerendo, Vol. 48, No. 3 (2018), pp. 263-265.
âa very thorough piece of work.â
David Shaw. In: Publishing History, Vol. 79 (2019), pp. 125-127.
âthe crowning achievement of decades of meticulous researchâ.
Shanti Graheli, University of Glasgow. In: Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, No. 13 (2018).
Diane Booton, Université Rennes 2. In: French Studies, Vol. 73, No. 2 (April 2019), pp. 286-287.
âa useful tool in the research of Paris printing in the sixteenth century.â
Frans A. Janssen, University of Amsterdam. In: Quaerendo, Vol. 48, No. 3 (2018), pp. 263-265.
âa very thorough piece of work.â
David Shaw. In: Publishing History, Vol. 79 (2019), pp. 125-127.
âthe crowning achievement of decades of meticulous researchâ.
Shanti Graheli, University of Glasgow. In: Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, No. 13 (2018).
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
1 Denis Janot: Career
â1.1âRue de Marchepalu: 1529â1530
â1.2âPartnership with Alain Lotrian: 1530â1532 or Later
â1.3âOther Early Work: 1530â1532
â1.4ââAu premier pilierâ, An Independent Career: 1532â1534
â1.5â1534â1536: Seeking a Personal Style
â1.6â1537â1540: Consolidation and Specialisation
â1.7â1541â1544: Mature Success
2 Denis Janot: Context and Achievement
â2.1âMajor Areas of Production
3 Printing Materials
â3.1âTypefaces
â3.2âMarks
â3.3âInitials
â3.4âCompartments, Frames, Type Ornaments
â3.5âWoodcuts
4 Non-Bibliographical Texts
Introduction
List of Libraries
Bibliographic Entries
Appendix 1: Editions Attributed to Janot
Appendix 2: Table des Livres de Denys Janot
Bibliography of Works Cited
Index of Proper Names
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
1 Denis Janot: Career
â1.1âRue de Marchepalu: 1529â1530
â1.2âPartnership with Alain Lotrian: 1530â1532 or Later
â1.3âOther Early Work: 1530â1532
â1.4ââAu premier pilierâ, An Independent Career: 1532â1534
â1.5â1534â1536: Seeking a Personal Style
â1.6â1537â1540: Consolidation and Specialisation
â1.7â1541â1544: Mature Success
2 Denis Janot: Context and Achievement
â2.1âMajor Areas of Production
3 Printing Materials
â3.1âTypefaces
â3.2âMarks
â3.3âInitials
â3.4âCompartments, Frames, Type Ornaments
â3.5âWoodcuts
4 Non-Bibliographical Texts
Bibliography
Introduction
List of Libraries
Bibliographic Entries
Appendix 1: Editions Attributed to Janot
Appendix 2: Table des Livres de Denys Janot
Bibliography of Works Cited
Index of Proper Names
This book will interest printing and books historians, as well as literary and history scholars of the French Renaissance.