Re: Research query re. C16 women printers in Antwerp

Cafe,

A colleague on the MapHist list (where I also posted my questions)
passed me some interesting research on this:

> Also from _A century of the
> English book trade: short
> notices of all printers_
> (accessible via Google Books):
>
>	TROOST (JAN), pseudonym, occurs as the printer of an edition
>	of The defence of the marriage of preistes by James Sawtry,
>	printed at Auryk by Jan Troost in 1541. [Herbert, III, p.
>	1833.] The type however is that of J. Oswen of Ipswich, so
>	that the book was very probably printed by him.

Joel goes on to note that most library catalogues attribute Sawtry's
_The Defence of the Mariage of Preistes ..._ (the colophon of which
reads "Prynted at Auryk by Jan Troost. / M.D.XLI. in August") to the
widow Ruremond-qua-Troost, despite the (perhaps little known)
typographic evidence to the contrary.

I know absolutely nothing about the (blackletter) type of J. Oswen of
Ipswich, but can post samples from the 1541 publication if any of you
are interested and want to examine it. Just let me know.

For those of you interested in such arcana, E. Gordon Duff's book,
which Joel pointed me to, is available in full, online, via Google Books:

http://books.google.com/books?id=YSgDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=A+century+of+the+English+book+trade#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Duff (1863-1924) is still one of the foremost authorities on the
C15-C16 English book trade, so even if some of his research has been
superseded by now, this title is still a good starting point.


Fortunately, I don't have to resolve the proliferating questions
around the widow Ruremond's multiple identities in order to finish
overhauling my gallery exhibit on women booksellers (strictly
speaking, C16 Antwerp printers are outside my area of specialty), but
the questions will nag at me anyway, and eventually I'll run them down.

I was just hoping that someone in my online networks might already
know the answer.

Deborah
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Deborah Taylor-Pearce
[email protected]



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