I have also to thank the Master of Trinity College for leave to reproduce the portrait of Bentley; Messrs Bowes and Bowes for the blocks used on pp. 6 and 14; and the Cambridge Antiquarian Society for leave to make use of the papers on Cambridge printing published in their _Proceedings_. * * * * * Those who are familiar with the _Catalogue of Cambridge Books_ and the _Biographical Notes on Cambridge Printers_ will appreciate the measure of my debt to the work of the late Robert Bowes. When, in 1913, I sent him a copy of a magazine article on the University Press, he wrote: I am by it carried back to my pleasant work of 25 to 30 years ago, and I am very glad in my 78th year to see younger men interesting themselves in the subject. Time has robbed me of the pleasure of offering him a work which owes much to his research. * * * * * Finally, it should be stated that the book attempts to trace the general history of Cambridge printing and not to enter into the finer points of bibliographical technique. Similarly, only the briefest sketch is given of the growth of Cambridge publishing in the last 50 years; to do more would be to cross the border-line between history and advertisement. In Appendix II I have carried on the work begun by Mr Jenkinson for another 100 years. The list of books, though it may claim some new titles, makes no pretension to finality; it is rather a starting-point for the professed bibliographer. S. C. R. _1 August 1921._ CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE v BIBLIOGRAPHY xiii I JOHN SIBERCH 1 II THE CHARTER--THOMAS THOMAS AND THE STATIONERS 15 III FROM JOHN LEGATE TO ROGER DANIEL 30 IV PRINTERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND RESTORATION 62 V RICHARD BENTLEY--THE FIRST PRESS SYNDICATE 74 VI EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PRINTERS 101 VII THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY 120 VIII THE LATEST AGE 142 APPENDIX I UNIVERSITY PRINTERS, 1521-1921 152 II CAMBRIDGE BOOKS, 1521-1750 153 INDEX 188 ILLUSTRATIONS THE PITT PRESS BUILDING FRONTISPIECE (From a water-colour attributed to R. B. Harraden) PAGE PART OF HAMOND'S PLAN OF CAMBRIDGE, 1592 6 A PAGE FROM _HENRICI BULLOCI ORATIO_, THE FIRST CAMBRIDGE BOOK 9 TITLE-PAGE OF THE SECOND CAMBRIDGE BOOK FACING 10