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Yolande Bonhomme (c. 1490–1557) was a French printer and seller of liturgical and devotional books in Paris. She was among a handful of important female book printers in Paris during this time, including
Charlotte Guillard Charlotte Guillard (died 1557) was the first woman printer of importance. Guillard worked at the famous ''Soleil d'Or'' printing house from 1502 until her death. Annie Parent described her as a "notability of the Rue Saint-Jacques", the street w ...
, Francoise Louvain and Marie L'Angelier. She was the daughter of Pasquier Bonhomme, himself a printer and one of four appointed booksellers of the
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, and the wife of another printer, Thielmann Kerver. She began printing on her own following her husband's death in 1522. Estimates of her output range from 136 (according to Axel Erdmann) to 200 (according to Beatrice Beech, based on Renouard) publications before her own death in 1557. Because she often used her husband's name on the colophon for early books, her identity as the printer can be difficult to pinpoint. The University of Paris and the Catholic Church are counted among her patrons. She published a
book of hours The book of hours is a Christian devotional book used to pray the canonical hours. The use of a book of hours was especially popular in the Middle Ages and as a result, they are the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscrip ...
in 1523 and another in 1546; both books survive. In 1526, she became the first woman to publish the Bible. She also published the
Roman Breviary The Roman Breviary (Ecclesiastical Latin, Latin: ''Breviarium Romanum'') is a breviary of the Roman Rite in the Catholic Church. A liturgical book, it contains public or canonical Catholic prayer, prayers, hymns, the Psalms, readings, and notati ...
(Latin: ''Breviarium Romanum'') in 1534 and a ''Breviarium Romanum nuper reformatum'' in 1537. She joined forces with
Charlotte Guillard Charlotte Guillard (died 1557) was the first woman printer of importance. Guillard worked at the famous ''Soleil d'Or'' printing house from 1502 until her death. Annie Parent described her as a "notability of the Rue Saint-Jacques", the street w ...
to demand better quality paper from the papermakers' guild.


See also

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List of women printers and publishers before 1800 The list of women printers and publishers before 1800 include women active as printers or publishers prior to the 19th century. Before the printing press was invented, books were made from pages written by scribes, and it could take up to a year ...


References


Further reading

* Beech, Beatrice Hibbard,"Yolande Bonhomme: a Renaissance printer", ''Medieval prosopography'' 6.2, 1985. * Beech, Beatrice Hibbard, "Women Printers in Paris in the Sixteenth Century," ''Medieval Prosopography'': 10.1, 1989 * Axel Erdmann, ''My gracious silence: women in the mirror of 16th century printing in Western Europe'', 1999. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonhomme, Yolande 1490s births 1557 deaths Printers from Paris French booksellers Women printers 16th-century French businesswomen 16th-century printers