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Richard Pynson, 1493-1527 -- Printer's Mark

Image
99832-Service File.jpg
Date
1493-1527
Description

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Second window. Originally from Normandy, Richard Pynson (1449 - c.1529) integrated the methods of his French contemporaries into his work in England. It is likely that he contracted his printing firm in London from English printer William de Machlinia

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