The king's printer, was in all probability a foreigner by extraction, if not by birth. He commenced printing in 1542, but a great portion of his time was spent in collecting materials for an _Universal Cosmography of all Nations_, which, though undigested at his death in 1573, laid the foundation for Holinshed's _Chronicles_. His works are described as being 59 in number, and, as is always the case where any specimens from the presses of early English printers are concerned, are scarce and valuable. After the death of Reynold, his widow, Joan, printed three books, which bear her name. The last of these is dated in 1580, about which time, doubtless, the press ceased to exist. Care must be taken that this printer is not confounded with others of the same name, who, for the most part, carried on business in France and Holland. JOHN DAY, 1546. Next to Caxton and Wynkyn de Worde, this printer certainly ranks the highest in the opinion of bibliographers. Herbert says that Day first began printing a little above Holborn Conduit, and about 1549 removed to Aldersgate. He kept also at the same time several shops in different parts of the town, where his books were sold. Day was the first printer who used Saxon characters, and brought those of the Greek and Italic to perfection. He died in 1584 after having followed the business of a printer for nearly forty years. The name of John Day will sometimes be found in conjunction with that of William Seres, but rarely, if ever, after 1550. This William Seres was a printer, who, on dissolving partnership with Day in 1550, carried on business by himself for some twenty or twenty-five years in London. _A Short Catechism_, black letter, morocco extra, 1553, 16mo, L12. _Booke of Christian Prayers Collected out of the Ancient Writers_, black letter, blue morocco extra, by Pratt, 1578, 4to, L26 10s. _Certaine Select Prayers Gathered out of S. Augustine's Meditations_, 2 vols., 1575, sm. 8vo, L5 15s. _Psalmes in Metre with Music_, black letter, 1571, sm. 4to, L140. This work was sold with another by Jugge and Cawood, and was bound in an exceptionally fine Elizabethan style. _Preces Privatae in Studiosorum_, first ed., 1564, 16mo, also another edition of 1573, 16mo, in two volumes (both printed by William Seres), L3. WILLIAM COPLAND, 1548.