A Brief History of Printing in England: A Short History of Printing in England from Caxton to the Present Time — John Shaqi
A Brief History of Printing in England: A Short History of Printing in England from Caxton to the Present TimeHamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
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A Brief History of Printing in England: A Short History of Printing in England from Caxton to the Present Time
Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
Printing -- Great Britain -- History
A few other printers of this period need mention for various reasons.
The best work after that of Day was done by Vautrollier. Tottell, whose
name is variously spelled in the records of the time, printed many
things of great value to English literature. He was an enterprising
printer of contemporary publications. Robert Darker, king’s printer to
James I, printed the statutes, proclamations, and editions of the Book
of Common Prayer of that period and deserves to be remembered as the
original printer of the so-called Authorized Version of the Bible,
published in 1611. This English text, sometimes called the Authorized
and sometimes called the King James Version, was the only text of the
English Bible received among English-speaking people until the revision
made in the latter part of the eighteenth century. It may be worth while
to note that this version is not uncommonly erroneously referred to as
the St. James Version. There is absolutely no justification for this
common error. The book was authorized by King James and for that reason
is known as the Authorized or King James Version. King James, however,
was no saint. The authorization was simply a license or permission.
Darker published the book as a commercial venture at his own expense. He
used the same type and the same ornaments as those used in the Bishop’s
Bible, an English translation published in 1568.
John Norton, another one of the group of printers favored by James I,
cut some of the best Greek types which have ever appeared in England. He
was a worthy successor in this field of John Day. William and Isaac
Jaggard printed the famous folio edition of Shakespeare’s plays in 1623.
Typographically it was a poor piece of work, but as a literary landmark
it is of the utmost importance.
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