university presses
university presses.The appointment of printers by European academies to produce learned books under some control and protection was common by the end of the 16th cent. As early as 1470 Jean Heynlin , prior of the Sorbonne, brought printers from Germany to work in the college; but his press had no sanction from the University of Paris and lasted only two years. A printer worked at Oxford from c. 1478 until 1486 , but his relation to the university is not known.
With the advent of the ‘new learning’ universities needed new texts and printers needed help and protection for issuing them. The University of Leipzig, devoted to humane studies since 1502 , took the lead in attracting printers, directing them to Greek and elegant Latin, and defending their books from attack by conservative authorities. The advantages of printing in a university were exemplified in the polyglot Bible produced in 1502 – 22 at Alcalá de...
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