Books printed by this workman, which are only 13 in number, are seldom seen. Much--and probably it is no exaggeration to say, most--of the work of the English printers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries has been destroyed, and it is probable that between the years 1521 and 1537, when John Skot, or Scott, as he sometimes spelled his name, is known to have been working, a large number of publications was issued from his press, of which not a trace remains. There is a good copy of the diminutive tract known as _The Rosary_, printed by Skot in 1537, in the library of Earl Spencer at Althorpe. ROBERT REDMAN, 1523. [Illustration] Robert Redman set up a printing press at the house quitted by Pynson, just outside Temple Bar, and called the George. He seems also to have adopted a colourable imitation of his device, and altogether to have taken great advantage of his opportunities to undermine the business of his rival. In the 1525 edition of _Lyttleton's Tenures_, printed by Pynson, the latter takes Redman roundly to task, and in an edition of _Magna Charter_, dated 1527, a similar strain of abuse is maintained. The first book known to have been printed by Redman bears date 1523. He died somewhere about the year 1540. Fitzherbert's _Diuersite de Courtes_, black letter, 24 ff., 1528, 16mo, L2 10s. ROBERT WYER, 1527. [Illustration] This prolific printer was in business, "in the felde besyde Charynge Crosse," from 1527 to about 1542, but as the greater number of his books were published without dates, it is possible that he may have lived beyond the year given. The number of his books catalogued amounts to 68, and they consist chiefly of treatises on Astrology, Medicine, and, more rarely, Poetry. THOMAS BERTHELET, 1530. [Illustration] Towards the middle of the sixteenth century the popular demand for biblical legends and treatises on scholastic divinity began to decline, and a taste for classical literature to take its place. The productions of Berthelet, which give evidence of the improvement in this respect to no slight degree, are intrinsically valuable, as well as unusually numerous. Berthelet died about Christmas, 1555, as appears by an entry in the Stationers' Hall books for 26th of January, 1555-6. The number of his works, as catalogued, amounts to 190. _The Praise of Folie_, by Erasmus, translated by Chaloner, black letter, wormed, and title mended, 1549, 4to, L2 8s. Gower's _De Confessione Amantis_, black letter, Berthelet's first edition, wormed, oak boards, covered in stamped leather, 1532, folio, L8. _Institution of a Christen Man_, black letter, woodcut border to title by Holbein, morocco extra, 1537, 4to, L22 10s. _Necessary Doctrine and Erudition for any Christen man_, black letter, morocco extra, 1543, 4to, L12. _Psalms or Prayers_, black letter, wanting title and signature Lv, calf, no date (1548), 8vo, L10 5s.