The English provincial printers, stationers and bookbinders to 1557Duff, E. Gordon (Edward Gordon)
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The English provincial printers, stationers and bookbinders to 1557
Duff, E. Gordon (Edward Gordon)
Book industries and trade -- Great Britain; Printing -- Great Britain -- History
Of the seven books printed by Scoloker at Ipswich, three were
translations by himself, three by Argentine, while the seventh was
translated by Richard Rice, Abbot of Conway. The first book issued
was _The just reckoning of the whole number of years to 1547_
translated by Scoloker from the German; of this an imperfect copy is
in the University Library. His two other translations were _A Godly
disputation between a shoemaker and a parson_, of which there is a copy
in a private library, and _The Ordinary for all faithful Christians_.
Of this there is a copy in the Rylands Library. Argentine’s three
translations are Luther’s _Sermon upon John xx. and the true use of the
keys_, Ochino’s _Sermons_, and Ulrich Zwingli’s _Certain precepts_.
Copies of these three books are not uncommon. The book translated by
Rice was Hermann’s _Right Institution of Baptism_.
The _Just Reckoning_ was translated by July 6, 1547, and, we may
presume, printed shortly afterwards, but the remaining six books
were all printed in the first five months of 1548. The dates of the
translations of the three books by Argentine are January 28, January
30, and February 13. At the end of Zwingli’s _Certain precepts_,
the earliest of Argentine’s translations, occurs Scoloker’s device,
a hand reaching from the clouds and holding a coin to a touchstone
inscribed “Verbum Dei.” From the clouds in the left-hand corner a face,
representing the Holy Spirit, blows upon the stone. Below is printed
the text, “Prove the spirits whether they be of God.”
Scoloker’s residence in Ipswich was a short one, probably because he
did not meet with sufficient encouragement, and by June 1548 he was
settled in London, for a book by John Frith, dated June 30, was issued
by Anthony Scoloker and William Seres, dwelling without Aldersgate.
This was printed by Scoloker and has his device on the last leaf. At
London he continued in business until at least 1550.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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