984 Reviews revelation of Denisot's orthodox Catholic background (he contributed to a polemic against Marot's Protestant/evangelical tendencies), given his extensive use of St Paul, so favoured by Protestants and evangelicals at this time. However, these questions and queries may be taken up in future research, thanks to this welcome publication of Denisot's thought-provoking text. University of Warwick Cathy Hampton Abel L'Angelier et Francoise de Louvain (i574-1620). Suivi du Catalogue des ouvrages publiespar Abel L'Angelier (1574-1610) et la Veuve L'Angelier (1610-1620). By Jean Balsamo and Michel Simonin (f). (Travaux d'Humanisme et Renais? sance, 358) Geneva: Droz. 2002. 636 pp. SwF 215; ?145.65. ISBN 2-60000632 -x. Abel L'Angelier (c. 1550-1610) came from a family closely allied in every way with the ever-expanding Parisian book trade: his grandfather was a bookbinder, his father, Arnoul, and uncle, Charles, were 'marchands-libraires' in Paris, his mother, Girarde Roffet,was herself the daughter of the publisher Pierre Roffet, sister or sister-in-law of three booksellers, and on Arnoul's death in 1557 she immediately married Lucas I. Breyer, an associate ofthe celebrated ChristophePlantin. Abel consequently married the widow ofthe bookseller Pierre I. Du Pre, Francoise de Louvain (c. 1540-1620), in 1573, and then set up his own bookshop, in 1574, at the prestigiousaddress 'au premier pilier de la grande salle du Palais' once occupied by the Verards, Galliot Du Pre, Janot, and his own uncle Charles. There, forthe next thirty-sixyears, fora large part ofwhich Abel was one ofonly ten dynamic Parisian publishers, more than 500 editions emerged from his shop, the years 1584, 1588, 1600, and 1607 being especially productive. As was common, Abel was succeeded by his widow, who was in turn responsible for a smaller, but respectable, output (some 80 editions) between 1610 and 1620. This superb study of the activity of Abel L'Angelier and his wife, following in the honourable tradition of the exhaustive but rather slowly emerging Imprimeurs et librairesparisiensdu XVF siecle, must be all but definitive,with only the rediscovery of lost editions forming a possible future supplement. Two introductory chapters, by the late Michel Simonin, consider in detail the couple's career, through an early heyday to the thinner years of the Catholic League and their later well-deserved prosperity; and the publishing milieu their firmfrequented, with especial attention being given to the L'Angeliers' editorial policy: they publish Montaigne (both 1588 and 1595 editions), the hugely succesful Vigenere and Pasquier, devotional works, legal and political texts, and above all, in the family tradition, works in French. A minor complaint about these chapters is that the narrative rarely gives catalogue numbers for the multitude of works mentioned. A third chapter, by Jean Balsamo, concerns 'le style L'Angelier': choice of printers, formats, devices, ornaments and other illustrative material, and bindings. Approximately half of the volume is devoted to the catalogue ofpublications itself.Titles are given a full diplomatic transcription wherever possible, with all the now usual publication details, and a considerable efforthas been put into presenting localizations and provenances, including information drawn from booksellers' catalogues. One can quibble about the odd entry: the sole copy of no. 175, forexample, bears only the hand-corrected date ' 1587' and a staple L'Angelier device, and seems most likely to be a 1557 edition by Abel's father; it should in theory be possible to distinguish 'reimpression ou nouvelle emission' (e.g. no. 312); and more generally a signature formula should be distinguished from a gathering formula (thus 'f? K4 v?' and not 'K4 v?'; this latter looks even stranger with an odd number, e.g. 'K3 v?'). It remains that this catalogue will be an indispensable tool for years to come. MLR, 98.4, 2003 985 The third part brings together the multitude of source and documentary materials referred to in the body of the work: almost 500 archive documents for the period 1521-1709, the astonishing'inventaire apres deces' of 8 May 1621, listinga stock-inhand of 36,500 volumes, and a selection of illustrative materials used in L'Angelier editions. A selective bibliography and a list of libraries consulted...