Guillard, Charlotte (d. 1556)

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Guillard, Charlotte (d. 1556)

French printer. Died 1556 in France; m. Berthold Rembolt (printer, died 1518); m. Claude Chevallon (printer), 1520.

The 1st famous woman printer, developed an interest in printing in 1500; after death of 2nd husband (1540), assumed control of his Soliel d'Or print shop in Paris; put her own imprint on Soliel d'Or books and was recognized for commitment to beauty and accuracy; printed such publications as a Latin Bible, Erasmus's Testament, and Works of St. Gregory (2 vols); completed and printed the writing of a Greek lexicon which had been begun by scholar Bogard.

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