Charlotte Guillard

Charlotte Guillard was the first woman printer of importance. Guillard worked at the famous Soleil dOr printing house from 1502 until her death. Annie Parent described her as a notability of the Rue SaintJacques, the street where the shop was located in Paris, France. She became one of the most important printers of the Latin Quarter area in the city of Paris.

Guillard was very likely born in the late 1480s in Paris, France. Her name is sometime spelled Guillart and in Latin books as Carola Guillard. Her parents were Jacques Guillard and Guillemyne Saney. The professions of her parents are unknown, nor is recorded their social status. The familys exact place of residence is not known. They had many connections with the province of Maine in France. She could very well have been born there instead of Paris. Guillard had at least three and possibly four sisters and one brother.

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