Malcolm Walsby, Ph.D. (2001) in History, is a lecturer at the University of St Andrews. He has co-edited bibliographies on French and Netherlandish printing (6 volumes, Brill). He is the author of The Counts of Laval: Culture, Patronage and Religion (Ashgate, 2007).

"M. Walsby combine largeur de vue et connaissance précise du dossier ... la démonstration est utile, intelligente, souvent excitante et généralement probante. Un très bon livre." – Philippe Hamon, in: Annales de Bretagne et des Pays de l’Ouest 119/4 (2012), pp. 149-153

• Introduction1. A false dawn: the incunabula era2. The disappearance of the presses3. The rebirth of printing 4. A new business model 5. The Breton book world6. Ownership, readership and authorship7. Printers, booksellers and Protestantism8. The wars of the League: pamphlets and the transformation of the pressesConclusionsAppendixes:A. Booksellers and printers active in Brittany 1480-1600B. Books printed in Brittany or for Breton booksellersC. Books mistakenly attributed to Breton printers or booksellersBibliographyIndex

Malcolm Walsby, Ph.D. (2001) in History, is a lecturer at the University of St Andrews. He has co-edited bibliographies on French and Netherlandish printing (6 volumes, Brill). He is the author of The Counts of Laval: Culture, Patronage and Religion (Ashgate, 2007).

"M. Walsby combine largeur de vue et connaissance précise du dossier ... la démonstration est utile, intelligente, souvent excitante et généralement probante. Un très bon livre." – Philippe Hamon, in: Annales de Bretagne et des Pays de l’Ouest 119/4 (2012), pp. 149-153

• Introduction1. A false dawn: the incunabula era2. The disappearance of the presses3. The rebirth of printing 4. A new business model 5. The Breton book world6. Ownership, readership and authorship7. Printers, booksellers and Protestantism8. The wars of the League: pamphlets and the transformation of the pressesConclusionsAppendixes:A. Booksellers and printers active in Brittany 1480-1600B. Books printed in Brittany or for Breton booksellersC. Books mistakenly attributed to Breton printers or booksellersBibliographyIndex

Malcolm Walsby, Ph.D. (2001) in History, is a lecturer at the University of St Andrews. He has co-edited bibliographies on French and Netherlandish printing (6 volumes, Brill). He is the author of The Counts of Laval: Culture, Patronage and Religion (Ashgate, 2007).

"M. Walsby combine largeur de vue et connaissance précise du dossier ... la démonstration est utile, intelligente, souvent excitante et généralement probante. Un très bon livre." – Philippe Hamon, in: Annales de Bretagne et des Pays de l’Ouest 119/4 (2012), pp. 149-153

• Introduction1. A false dawn: the incunabula era2. The disappearance of the presses3. The rebirth of printing 4. A new business model 5. The Breton book world6. Ownership, readership and authorship7. Printers, booksellers and Protestantism8. The wars of the League: pamphlets and the transformation of the pressesConclusionsAppendixes:A. Booksellers and printers active in Brittany 1480-1600B. Books printed in Brittany or for Breton booksellersC. Books mistakenly attributed to Breton printers or booksellersBibliographyIndex