‘A Woman of Great Courage’: Women in the Printing Trades in Early Modern Europe

Marie du Flo (The widow of Charles Savreux)

Marie du Flo presented herself as la Veuve C. Savreux (the widow of Charles Savreux). After his death in 1669, du Flo managed her husband's print and book shop at the sign of the three virtues near the Cathedral of Nôtre-Dame. At her death in 1673, an inventory of her possessions identified 51,000 copies of 500 different titles, indicating that the business she inherited from her husband was a flourishing and successful one. She died in 1673 without an heir.

For information on the book shown here, see the List of Books.

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