Vautrollier

She was still alive in 1584, when Vautrollier dedicated "To the Honourable and vertuous Ladie Alison Sandilands, Lady of Hormiston," the treatise called "The Confession of Faith," by Henry Balnaves, (see note 575,) the MS. of which had been fortunately discovered at Ormiston, by

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

Vautrollier visited Edinburgh, and set up as a bookseller, no doubt with the view of seeing what scope there was likely to be for a printer with

A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Henry R. Plomer 1901

In 1580, on the invitation of the General Assembly, Vautrollier visited

A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Henry R. Plomer 1901

Vautrollier was succeeded in business by his son-in-law, Richard Field, another case of the apprentice marrying his master's daughter.

A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Henry R. Plomer 1901

The venture does not seem to have turned out a success, for Vautrollier returned to London in 1586, taking with him a

A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Henry R. Plomer 1901

Vautrollier, a London printer, to establish a press in Edinburgh.

A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Henry R. Plomer 1901

Vautrollier, who printed books at Edinburgh and London from about 1566 to 1605, had four Marks, in all of which an anchor is suspended from the clouds, and two leafy boughs twined, with the motto “Anchora Spei,” and with a framework which is identical with that of Guarinus, of Basle.

Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography 1901

He maintained the high character that Vautrollier had given to the productions of his press.

A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Henry R. Plomer 1901

Vautrollier was a native of France; nearly all his books were in Latin.

Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography 1901

As a printer Vautrollier ranks far above most of the men around him, both for the beauty of his types and the excellence of his presswork.

A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Henry R. Plomer 1901