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Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, printing in England was conducted largely in three centres: London, Oxford and Cambridge. One rare exception comes at Eton, where in 1610, a press was set up by the London stationer, Melchisidec Bradwood. Over the next three years, a small selection of works would appear from the Eton press and they were published by the King\u2019s Printer, John Norton. At the centre of the Eton publications was Henry Savile, an established scholar of mathematics who also translated works by Tacitus and a series of English medieval Latin chronicles in the 1590s.[1]<\/span><\/sup><\/a> Savile would continue his editorial work at Eton, and most remarkably, with an ambitious eight volume edition of the writings of Chrysostom (c. 347-407), an early Church Father who served as Archbishop of Constantinople. In order to produce this work, Savile had communicated with continental scholars in Europe, often comparing manuscripts in order to reach the ideal, authoritative translation. He also looked to a number of English classical scholars for advice and for notes for the edition. The end result was a remarkably produced book that also came with remarkable costs. A late seventeenth-century source notes that the total expenses for the 1000 copies printed in 1613 was some 8000 pounds, a massive sum for the time. Expensive as it was, more troubling is that Savile had difficulty selling copies right up to his death in 1622. Nevertheless, the end result was a beautiful example in the history of the book.[2]<\/span><\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2021\/03\/V1_frontispiece.png” alt=”Image of the frontispiece” title_text=”V1_frontispiece” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”79%” custom_padding=”3px||0px|3px||” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”3px||0px|35px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row module_id=”FN1-2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [1]<\/span> His Oxford edition of select works by Tacitus first appeared in print in 1591 (STC 23642), while the London collection of Chronicles titled Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores post bedam<\/em> followed in print in 1596 (STC 21783). For a discussion of Robert Sidney\u2019s copy of Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores post bedam<\/em>, see Elisa Tersigni\u2019s post for the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies\u2019 Featured Book blog. https:\/\/crrs.ca\/featured-book\/frb5\/<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 |<\/i>Back to section<\/a><\/span><\/span> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ module_id=”printing” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] \n
[2]<\/span> The preceding short biographical sketch and details on the edition of Chrysostom are indebted to R.D. Goulding, \u201cSavile, Sir. Henry (1549-1622)\u201d Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 08 January 2015
https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ref:odnb\/24737<\/a>. Goulding notes that the appearance of a continental edition with added Latin translations by Fronton du Duc in 1614, along with other translations in the immediate years following, is likely why Savile\u2019s edition failed to sell.\u00a0\u00a0 |<\/i>Back to section<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n