Figures
2.1 The 1539 Great Bible title-page 10
4.1 The New Testament title-page (Richard Jugge, [1552]) 109
5.1 Inverted woodcut: The New Testament (Richard Jugge, [1552]) 131
5.2 Woodcut initials: Edward Hall, The Union (Richard Grafton, 1550) 133
5.3 Head compartment of Graftonâs title-page border: A concordance (Richard Grafton, 1550) 134
5.4 Edward Hall, The Union (Richard Grafton, 1550) 135
5.5 Illustration of âJohn Wycliffeâ 136
5.6 Illustration of St John: Miles Coverdale (ed.), The Bible (Cologne: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johann Soter], 1535) 139
5.7 Thucydides, The hystory of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans ([William Tylle], 1550) 145
5.8 Octavo border, used 1530â1553: Katherine Parr, The Lamentacion of a Synner (Edward Whitchurch, 1548) 147
5.9 Quarto border on folio: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Works (Nicolas Hill [for the Paulâs Cross publishing syndicate], 1550) 149
5.10 Initials from Book of Common Prayer (Richard Grafton, 1552) 151
5.11 Giovanni da Vigo, The most excelent worckes of chirurgery (Edward Whitchurch, 1550) 153
5.12 23 Ã 23mm âIâ 154
5.13 23 Ã 23mm âTâ 155
5.14 A prayer sayd in the kings chappell in the tyme of hys graces sicknes (William Copland, [1553]) 161
5.15 The Wyer press illustration style: John Coke, The debate betwene the heraldes of Englande and Fraunce ([London, Robert Wyer for Richard Wyer, 1550]) 163
5.16 John Lydgate, The Cronycle of all the kynges (Robert Wyer, 1552) 165
5.17 Wolfeâs rotunda and italic fount: Peter Martyr Vermigli, Tractatio de Sacramento Eucharistæ (Reyner Wolfe, 1549) 167
5.18 Peter Martyr Vermigli, A Discourse or traictise of Peter Martyr Vermilla ([Robert Stoughton [=Edward Whitchurch] for Nicholas Udall, 1550]) 169
5.19 Thomas Cranmer, A Defence of the True and Catholike Doctrine (Reyner Wolfe, [1550]) 170
5.20 Thomas Cranmer, Defensio (Reyner Wolfe, 1553) 171
6.1 The commercial networks of Nicolas Hill and Stephen Mierdman 220
7.1 The Paulâs Cross publishing syndicate folio bible (Nicolas Hill for Thomas Petyt, 1551) 239
Graphs
2.1 Total titles produced in England, 1480â1550 (cumulative) 7
2.2 Titles produced per annum, 1530â1546 8
2.3 Titles produced per annum, 1530â1556 25
5.1 Format usage in English titles, 1547â1553 123
Tables
2.1 Titles by location, language, genre and format, 1510â1546 12
2.2 Printed output by location, language, genre and format, 1530â1553 27
2.3 Market share of religious titles, 1547â1553 28
3.1 Authors and titles printed, 1547â1553 46
4.1 The canonical church documents, 1547â1553 86
4.2 Edwardian printing patents 100
6.1 Independent printers, 1547â1553 205
6.2 Printersâ collaboration, 1547â1553 209
6.3 Prominent partnerships 211
6.4 William Hill and Thomas Raynaldâs collaborations 214
6.5 Major printers-for-hire 219
6.6 Minor printers-for-hire 222
6.7 Middling publishers 225
7.1 The Paulâs Cross syndicate publications 234
7.2 The Paulâs Cross syndicate publishers, 1546â1555 236