Norman by birth, in London by 1513, prob. learned printing from Guillaume le Talleur, took over business of William de Machlinia printing law books i London, at first used press of Le Talleur, king's printer to Henry VIII, first to use Roman type (1509)
Londoner Drucker franz. Herkunft
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Further Biographical Data1448-1530
Dates of Activityfl.1513-1530
ActivityPersonen zu Buchwissenschaft, Buchhandel (2.2p) (sswd)
HeadingPynson, Richard used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; Early Book Owners in Britain
Sources
Found inDNB 47, 87. — M. — LoC-NA
Porträt Richard Pynson (1448 - 1530) [This image from the German Museum of Books and Writing collection "Portraits of printers, editors, book dealers and book binders" is freely available under CC0 1.0]
Porträt Richard Pynson (1448 - 1530) [This image from the German Museum of Books and Writing collection "Portraits of printers, editors, book dealers and book binders" is freely available under CC0 1.0]
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