Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University PressBooks were first printed at Cambridge in 1521 – 2 by John Siberch ( John Lair of Siegburg ), a friend of Erasmus . A charter was granted to the University by Henry VIII in 1534 authorizing the printing of books there, but not until 1583 was the first university printer, Thomas Thomas, appointed. The undertaking was opposed by the Stationers' Company as an infringement of their privilege, but the University finally vindicated its rights. The activity of the Press was developed under the influence of R. Bentley ( 1662 – 1742 ) when the present system of control by a Syndicate, or committee of senior academics, was instituted. The Press evolved from the original system under which licensed printers did some work for the University, through a partnership with a dynasty of printer-publishers (the Clays) to full control, by the Syndicate and its permanent staff, of its own large printing-house and...
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