TREVERIS, Peter ‹ LBT 30106 ›
floruit 1522 (B)—1522 (B); Male
Occupations (1)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Printer | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
Addresses (1)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwark | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
Bib.Soc., Hand-lists (1913), contrib. H.R.Plomer.
Duff, E.G. (1905), pp.158-9
TREVERIS (PETER), printer in London, may have been, as Herbert suggests, a native of Treveris or Triers in Germany. His first dated book was the Syntaxis of Whitinton issued in 1522 and the majority of books printed by him were grammars. He printed for Reynes { REYNES, John ( - 1542) ‹ LBT 28236 › } and for Lawrence Andrewe { ANDREWE, Lawrence ‹ LBT 28344 › }, and his last book, Fisher's Two fruytfull sermons, was printed for him in 1532 by Rastell { RASTELL, William ( - 1565) ‹ LBT 28540 › }. Some of his books, as for example the Handywork of Surgery, 1525, are remarkable for their woodcuts, and the Polycronicon which he printed in 1527 for John Reynes is a very fine specimen of printing. His more ordinary work was not good. During the ten years of his work he printed at least thirty-six books. He lived over the bridge in Southwark at the sign of the "Wodows" or woodhouses. His device consisted of a shield suspended from a tree and supported by a wild man and woman, the wodows, carrying bows and arrows. On the shield are his initials and mark while below all is a ribbon with his name and before the centre of it a cross-bow leaning against the tree. [D.N.B.]