{"product_id":"1668-sarah-griffin","title":"Women’s Printing in Restoration Lo[n]don - 1668- Sarah Griffin","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomen’s Printing in Restoration Lo[n]don\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e“Blessednesse of the Righteous Discoursed from Psal. 17, 15”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eBy John Howe M.A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e“LODON, Printed by Sarah Griffin, for Samuel Thomson and are to be sold at the sign of the Bishops-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003ehead in Duck-Lane, 1668\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eComplete text: [24], 427 [i.e. 463] pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eOriginal full calf binding. Joints cracked but holding firm. Paper slip to top of title page and later crude\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003epastedowns to inner boards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eSarah Griffin was the wife of the printer Edward Griffin II. When Edward died in 1652, she inherited\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003ethe printing business and remained active as a London printer from 1653 to 1673. An accomplished\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eprinter, she is recorded as employing six workmen at two printing presses. She is also recorded as\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003ebeing appointed apprentices to learn the Printing trade by The Stationers’ Company at her press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThe work itself is a puritanical tract that extols the virtue of seeing God. It is based around Psalm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e17:15 -\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003elikeness”. The author, John Howe (1630-1705), was one of Oliver Cromwell’s chaplains in the 1650s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eHe would remain non-conformist in his views and was excluded from the Church of England Ministry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003efrom 1662.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThe work is also noticeable for the prominent typo on the title page with “London” being spelt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e“Lodon”.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Bry Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57292485165434,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/2969\/2075\/files\/Screenshot2026-09-22at05.00.17.png?v=1790049833","url":"https:\/\/debryrarebooks.com\/products\/1668-sarah-griffin","provider":"De Bry Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}