Henry Herringman
Henry Herringman (1628–1704) was a prominent
Herringman had established himself as an independent bookseller and publisher by 1655. He issued the first edition of
Dryden appears to have had a close professional relationship with Herringman early in his career, when he served as a sort of general editorial assistant in Herringman's business, perhaps to the point of taking his board and lodging with Herringman. In this capacity as a supervisor and reviser of texts, Dryden may have worked on Shakespearean plays for Herringman.[1]
In addition to dramas, Herringman published a large body of nondramatic literature, including (partnered with John Martyn) the 1678 edition of Samuel Butler's Hudibras, which contained the poem's third and final part. Herringman published works by Abraham Cowley, Katherine Philips, John Donne, Francis Bacon, Roger Boyle, and Robert Boyle. He also produced a wide variety of general-interest works, as well as law books.
Herringman became master of the Stationers Company in 1685. After selling his retail business in 1684, Herringman became, in effect, the first wholesale book publisher in England; his imprint exists on 532 publications from his era.[2]
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References
- Holland, Peter (ed.), King Lear and Its Afterlife (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002).
- Miller, C. William, "Henry Herringman, Restoration Bookseller-Publisher." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 1948; p. 292.