A History of the Cambridge University Press, 1521-1921

by S. C. Roberts

CONTENTS

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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]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

THE PITT PRESS BUILDING	[FRONTISPIECE]
(From a water-colour attributed to R. B. Harraden)
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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]
TITLE-PAGE OF FISHER'S SERMON	FACING	[13]
TRADE-MARK OF JOHN SIBERCH		[14]
ORNAMENT USED BY THOMAS THOMAS		[29]
PETITION OF THE UNIVERSITY TO JAMES I, 1621		[37]
THE REPLY TO THE PETITION		[39]
PRINTING HOUSE OF THOMAS BUCK	FACING	[50]
(Cole MSS. xliii. 260)
TITLE-PAGE OF THE FIRST CAMBRIDGE EDITION OF THE AUTHORISED VERSION	FACING	[54]
TITLE-PAGE OF THE TEMPLE, 1633		[57]
A PAGE OF LYCIDAS WITH CORRECTIONS IN MILTON'S HAND		[59]
ORNAMENT USED BY BUCK AND DANIEL		[61]
IMPRIMATUR FOR A BIBLE, 1662		[66]
ALMANACK, 1675		[71]
RICHARD BENTLEY	FACING	[74]
(From the portrait in the Master's Lodge, Trinity College)
TITLE-PAGE OF BENTLEY'S EDITION OF HORACE, 1711		[83]
KUSTER'S RECEIPT FOR A PORTION OF HIS FEE		[90]
A COMPOSITOR'S RECEIPT, 1705		[93]
TITLE-PAGE OF CHRISTIAN MORALS, 1716		[94]
TITLE-PAGE OF BENTLEY'S BOYLE LECTURES, 1735	FACING	[99]
JOHN BASKERVILLE	FACING	[106]
(From an engraving, after the portrait by Miller, reproduced in Straus and Dent's John Baskerville)
A PAGE OF BASKERVILLE'S PRAYER-BOOK, 1762		[110]
RIVINGTON'S ACCOUNT WITH THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1767		[114]
THE SENATE HOUSE, THE NEW LIBRARY, AND ST MARY'S CHURCH		[119]
(From Cantabrigia Depicta, 1763)
A PAGE FROM ISAAC MILNER'S NOTE-BOOK, 1800		[121]
PLAN OF THE PRESS BUILDINGS	FACING	[128]

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