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.