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S. C. Roberts. A History of the Cambridge University Press, 1521-1921
A History of the Cambridge University Press, 1521-1921
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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VII
VIII
APPENDIX
I. UNIVERSITY PRINTERS, 1521–1921
II. CAMBRIDGE BOOKS, 1521–1750
INDEX
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S. C. Roberts
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Richard Croke (afterwards the first Public Orator) was at this time the enthusiastic leader of Greek studies in Cambridge. He had earned fame as a teacher at Cologne, Louvain, Leipzig, and Dresden and, in succession to his friend Erasmus, was appointed Reader in Greek to the university in 1519. His text-book could not be printed in England, because there was as yet no Greek fount owned by an English printer; and it is quite probable, as Mr. Duff suggests, that John Siberch, himself settled in Cambridge, had undertaken to have Croke's work printed by a friend, possibly by his old master, in Cologne. Possibly, too, Croke may have previously met Siberch in Germany and, with Erasmus, have been responsible for his coming to Cambridge. This, of course, is conjectural, but of the friendship between Erasmus and Siberch there is no doubt, since, in a letter from Erasmus to Dr. Robert Aldrich, written on Christmas Day 1525, there is a message sent to "veteres sodales Phaunum, Omfridum, Vachanum, Gerardum, et Joannem Siburgum, bibliopolas."
From this it would naturally be inferred that Siberch was still in Cambridge in 1525, but his name does not appear in the Subsidy Roll of 1523–24 and it is probable, therefore, that, unknown to Erasmus, he left in the early part of 1523[4].
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