EGMONT, Frederick ‹ LBT 28383 ›
Badges
Floruit 1483 (B) — 1511 (B); Male
Life Events
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Death | 1511 |
Occupations (2)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Stationer | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
| Bookbinder | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
Addresses (3)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0000 | London | Duff, E.G. (1905) | - & Paris | |
| 0000 | St Paul's Churchyard | STC. vol.3, (1991) | - Shop in | |
| 0000 | France - Paris - Rue St Jacques | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
Duff, E.G. (1905), pp.42-3
EGMONT (FREDERICK), stationer in London and Paris, is first found in 1493, when he published an edition of the York Breviary, printed at Venice by Joannes Hertzog. [Bodl.] In 1494 he entered into partnership with Gerard Barrevelt { BARREVELT, Gerardus ‹ LBT 28352 › }, and together they issued in that year two editions of the Sarum Missal, one in folio and one in octavo, and about this time three editions of the Sarum Breviary, known only from fragments. In 1495 they issued a Sarum Breviary in 16mo, and a Sarum Horae, known only from fragments, belongs also to about this period. In 1499 Egmont, in partnership with Peter Post Pascha { }, commissioned Pynson { PYNSON, Richard ( - 1529) ‹ LBT 28537 › } to print an edition of the Promptorius Puerorum. In 1502 Egmont brought an action in the University Court of Oxford to recover £10 from George Strele, a goldsmith. He appointed Eliseus Ruthyn and Antonius de Andover his procurators on November 22nd. The device used by Egmont and Barrevelt consists of a circle divided by a perpendicular line produced beyond the top of the circle, the projection being crossed by two bars. In the left-hand division of the circle are the initials and mark of Egmont, in the right those of Barrevelt. The whole is enclosed in a square frame, and the background filled with arabesque floral design. Some time after 1502 Egmont moved to Paris, where, in partnership with a certain I. B., he published some six or seven books, using in them a device very similar to his earlier one, with the initials I. B. substituted for G. B. [Brunet, ed. 1863, v. 1279.] Egmont and his partner were in business in the Rue St. Jacques. Egmont was also a bookbinder and had at least two signed panels. One has in the centre the Tudor rose, and round it are vine leaves, in an oblong compartment. The initials and mark of Egmont are in the border. The second and more important panel contains a wild man and woman standing on either side of a tree, bearing in one hand flowering boughs, while with the others they assist in supporting a shield suspending by a belt from the branches above. Upon the shield are Egmont's mark and initials and at the base his name in full. A third panel used with the last contains three rows of arabesques of foliage surrounded by a border having ribbons in the four corners inscribed with the names of the Evangelists. The last book issued by Egmont and I. B. was an edition of Maydeston's Dormi Secure, dated 1527, of which there is an imperfect copy in the Bibliothèque Nationale. [The Library, 1890, pp. 210-16. Bibliotllèque de I'Ecole des Charles, Tome LI, 1890, pp. 305-309.]
MLT Note: - also at Paris