Charlotte Guillard

Charlotte Guillard
A book printed by Guillard in 1541
Borncirca 1480s
Died1557
Resting placeParis, France
NationalityFrench
Occupationprinter
Known forfirst woman printer of note
Spouse(s)1st husband,
Berthold Rembolt 1502
2nd husband,
Claude Chevallon 1520
Parent(s)Jacques Guillard
Guillemyne Saney

Charlotte Guillard (c. 1485 - 1557) was an early printer who directed the Soleil d'Or printing house in Paris.[1] Annie Parent described her as a "notability of the Rue Saint-Jacques", the street in the Latin Quarter where the shop was located.[2] Twice married and twice widowed, Guillard operated her own publishing imprint for theological books during her two periods of widowhood,[3] that is to say in 1519–20, and in 1537–57. While she was not the first woman printer, succeeding both Anna Rugerin of Augsburg (1484) and Anna Fabri of Stockholm (1496), she was the first woman printer with a significantly known career.

  1. ^ Beech, Beatrice (1983). "Charlotte Guillard, A Sixteenth Century Business Woman". Renaissance Quarterly. 36 (3): 345–367. doi:10.2307/2862159. JSTOR 2862159. S2CID 163711144.
  2. ^ "Charlotte Guillard dans la typographie parisienne". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  3. ^ Craig, Béatrice (2015). Women and Business Since 1500: Invisible Presences in Europe and North America?. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 59. ISBN 9781137033246.