A HISTORY OF THE
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
1521-1921
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
C. F. CLAY, Manager
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THE PITT PRESS BUILDING
A HISTORY OF THE
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
PRESS
1521-1921
BY
S. C. ROBERTS, M.A.
SOMETIME SCHOLAR OF
PEMBROKE COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
1921
PREFACE
As may be inferred from the title-page, this bookhas been written to mark the four hundredthanniversary of Cambridge printing.
Of the original authorities used in its compilationthe most valuable has been the large collection ofdocuments relating to the Press which are preservedin the Registry of the University. Access to this collectionhas enabled me to glean some fresh informationconcerning the careers of the university printersand a series of accounts and vouchers from 1697 to1742 has brought to light several new titles of booksprinted at Cambridge during that period.
The making of this book, however, would nothave been feasible, in the limited time at my disposal,had I not been free to use the work of the pioneers,from Christopher Wordsworth and Henry Bradshawonwards, and the chief items of this work are recordedin the short bibliography on page xiii.
In addition, my personal obligations are many:Mr Francis Jenkinson, University Librarian, MrCharles Sayle, Mr A. T. Bartholomew, and manyother members of the Library staff have helped meungrudgingly, both in putting their own specialknowledge at my command and in guiding me to the[vi]proper authorities; the Registrary (Dr J. N. Keynes)and his staff have similarly given me ready access tothe documents in their charge; Mr J. B. Peace,University Printer, provided me with the picturewhich serves as frontispiece and with the revisedplan of the Press buildings; Mr G. J. Gray correctedseveral of my statements in proo