George Calvert (fl. 1636–1682)

Identifiers

Occupations

  • Bookseller
  • Book Binder
  • Publisher

Dates

  • Apprenticeship: 1636

George Calvert, bookseller 1648–82; at the Half-Moon in Watling Street near Paul's stump, 1650; at the Half-Moon in the new buildings in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1655–66 and 1675–82; at the Bible in Jewen Street, 1667; at the Golden Ball in Little Britain, 1669–74.

A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667, by Henry Plomer (1907)

CALVERT (GEORGE), bookseller in London, (1) Half-Moon in Watling Street neare Paule's stump, 1650; (2) Half-Moon in the new buildings in Paul's Churchyard, 1655-66; 1675-82; (3) Bible in Jewen Street, 1667; (4) Golden Ball in Little Britain, 1669-74. 1648-82. Son of George Calvert, of Meere, in the county of Somerset, "clerk," and brother of Giles Calvert, q.v. Apprenticed to Joseph Hunscott, for eight years from Michaelmas, 1636. [Stationers' Register of Apprenticeships.] In conjunction with Thomas Pierrepoint, he issued in 1655 a folio edition of Sidney's Arcadia, and miscellaneous works. This edition was printed for him by W. Dugard. He published two other editions in 1662 and 1674, the first printed by Henry Lloyd, for W. Dugard, the second without printer's name. After the great fire he moved to the Bible in Jewin Street.