France

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Fifth window. Originally from Milan, Alexandre Aliate (c.14-- – c. 1505) began working as a printer in Paris in approximately 1497, where he is first documented working at the Sign of St. Barbara. In 1499, he printed his first known work, Carmina, sive

Main (Thompson) Library location: End window -- North wing. André Wechel (c.15-- – 1581) assumed responsibility of the printing press of his father, Chrétien Wechel, after his death in 1554. Wechel primarily printed the works classical and contemporary authors; among his most notable titles are La

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Sixth window. Berthold Rembolt (c.14-- – 1518), originally from Ehenheim in Alsace, moved to Paris in 1494, where he established his printing firm in partnership with Ulrich Gering at the Sign of the Golden Sun. By the time Gering left the firm in 1509

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Sixth window. Brothers Geoffroy, Jean, and Enguilbert de Marnef printed collaboratively and shared a printing press in Paris at the Sign of the Pelican, founded by Geoffroy, from which they issued their first publication Les sept degres de l'echelle in

Main (Thompson) Library location: Class of '51 Reading Room. Based on the information compiled from the colophons of his publications, it is evident that François Fradin (c.14-- – c. 15--) was originally from Poitiers. His career began circa 1493 in Lyon, where he worked with printer Jean Pivard

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Fifth window. François Regnault of Caen (c.14-- – c. 1540/1), occasionally referred to as Renaldus, first appeared in Paris in 1475. While on of the first books attributed to Regnault is Sermones by Jacobus de Voragine in 1500, this is contested by the

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Fourth window. Jacques Bouchet (c.14-- – c. 15--) was the son of Guillaume Bouchet, a prominent printer in the city of Poitiers, active beginning in the late 15th century. After learning the trade of printing from his father, it is evident that by 1519

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Sixth window. Jean Barril (c.14-- – c. 15--) spent the majority of his documented career in Toulouse, France working as a writer, merchant, and printer. He is first documented as the author of a book entitled A la requeste de treshaulte et puissante

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Fourth window. Jean Guyart (c.14-- – c. 15--) was documented working in Bordeaux beginning in 1520, when his name appeared in the colophon of a book written by Guillaume Piellée. During this time he was probably apprenticed to Parisian printer Gaspard

Main (Thompson) Library location: End window -- North wing. Léon Cavellat (c.15-- – c. 1610) belonged to a prominent family of printers; he and his brothers Pierre and Jean were the sons of printer Guillaume Cavellat. Beginning in 1577, Léon Cavellat worked in Paris at the Sign of the Silver Griffin

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Fourth window. Louis Olivelli (c.14-- – c. 15--) was a printer and bookseller who began his career during the early 16th century in Valence, located in Drôme, a region in southeast France. Around 1510, Olivelli entered a partnership with printer Jean

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Fifth window. Macé Panthoul (c.14-- – c. 15--) worked primarily as a bookseller and bookbinder in Troyes, France. In 1501, his device appeared in the colophon of a book entitled Statuts synodaulx à l'usaige de Troyes. This book caused a great deal of

Main (Thompson) Library location: End window -- North wing. Marc Locqueneulx (15-- – 1589) worked as a bookseller and printer in Paris during the late sixteenth century. Due to similarities in printer's mark and engravings, it is possible that he was the successor of the firm of Philippe Gaultier de

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Sixth window. Mathieu Vivan (c.14-- – c. 15--) is believed to be one of the first printers in Orléans, and it is possible that he began his career in Poitiers several years earlier. The only known work attributed to Vivian is Manipulus curatorum

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Fifth window. Originally from Strasbourg, Michael Wenssler (c.14-- – c.1499) moved to Basel at an early age and quickly became a prominent typographer and printer. His earliest work, De modo perveniendi ad veram Dei et proximi dilectionem by Henricus

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Sixth window. Before becoming a printer and bookseller, Nicole de la Barre (c.14-- – c. 15--) received his Master of Arts at the University of Paris, where he later worked as a professor. In 1496, de la Barre became associated with printer Antoine

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Sixth window. Nicolas du Chemin, originally from Provence, established himself as a printer and engraver at the Sign of St. Michael in Paris in 1540. Before the end of the decade, du Chemin transferred his practice to a press at the Sign of the Silver

Main (Thompson) Library location: Class of '51 Reading Room. Pierre Gaudoul (c.14-- – c.1538) was a bookseller and printer in Paris beginning in 1508. His practice began with a printing press at the Sign of St. Cyril. There Gaudoul demonstrated a strong interest in contemporary humanist literature

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Fourth window. Pierre Viart (c. 14-- – 1523) was a printer and bookbinder in Paris, and beginning in 1512, he established himself at the Sign of the Silver Lion. He printed both Bibles and classical texts, including works by Ovid, Vergil, and Cicero

Main (Thompson) Library location: Class of '51 Reading Room. Sébastien Nivelle (c.1523 – 1603) was born in Troyes, France circa 1523 to the stationer Jean Nivelle. He first began work in Paris for the press of Charlotte Guillard, one of the first documented female printers, in 1549, and in the next