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Rh abbots of Dunfermline and Cambuskenneth, as follows : —

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Thesauraire we greit yow weill IT is our will and we charge yow that ye Incontinent efter the sycht beiiof ansuer our louit Johnne gipsouu buikbindar of the sowme of sevintene pundis iiijs iiijd within meutiouat To be thankefullie allonit to yow in yourcomptis keping this our precept together with the said Junnne his ac- quittance thairt'poun for your warrand Sub- scryuit with our hand at Halymdebouse the first day of October 1580. JAMES R.

R. Dunfermline, A. Cambuskenneth.

. Here -we have also further Gibson's receipt.

I Johnne Gibsoun be the tennor heirof grant me to haue ressauit fra Robert coluill of cleishe in name of my lord thesaurar the sowme of sevin- tene punde iiijs iiijd conforme to yis compt and precept within written off ye qlk sowme I hald me Weill qtent and payit and discharge him hereof for euir Be thir p'nte subscuit with my hand at Edr the xv day of november 1580.

Johnegybsone wt my hand.

In the following year we find that Gibson was appointed " king's bookbinder" under the privy seal, dated Dalkeith, July 29, 1581.

" Ane letter maid to Jobne Gibsoun bukebiuder, makand him Our Soverane Lordis Buikbinder, and gevand to him the office thairof for all the dayis of his lyfetyme, Stc. See. For using and exercising quhairof his heines gevis grantis and assignis to the said Johne yeirlie the sowme of tuentie pundis usuall money of this realme, to be payit yierlie." He appears to have been an artist of some celebrity, as seen in the account of his work, and other particulars already referred to. Gibson had been employed by James, pre- vious to his appointment, as shown by the follow- ing entries in the accounts of the high treasurer of Scotland : —

Afaii 1 580. Item be the Kingis Majesteis pre- cept to Johnne Gibsoun buikbinder, for certane buikis fumist to his hienes, conforme to his par- ticular compt, as the samyn with the said precept and his acquittance schewin upoun compt beris, xlj lib. vj s.

October 1580. Item be the Kingis Majesteis precept to Johnne Gibsoune buikbindar, ffor certane buikis juaid be him to his hienes, con- forme to the particular compt gevin in therupoun, as t^e samin with the said precept and his ac- quittance schewin upoun compt beris, xx li.

Janvare 1582. Item be his Maiesties precept to Johnne Gibsoun buikbindare, lor sinorie vo- lumes bund to his hienes, as the precept with his acquittance producit upoun compt beris, v Ij. XV] s. viii d.

Marcne 1582. Item for binding of the New Testament to his Majestic be Johne Gibsoun buikbindare, xiiijs.

Whether Gibson came to England with James cannot be ascertained.

1580, Feb. 13. John Cuarlewood, who lived at the sign of the Half Eagle and Key, in Bar- bican, was licensed on this day to print the romance of Palmerin of Em/land, on considera- tion, that if any thing reprehensible was found in the book after publication, all the copies should be committed to the flames. Charlewood commenced printing in 1575, tised many sorts of letter, and about the cut of his sign this motto. Post lenebras lux, and sometimes styles himself servant to the right honourable the earl of Arun- del. He continued in business till 1593.

1580. John Le Preux, who exercised the art of printing at Morges, a town in Switzerland, styled himself printer to the illustrious body of the pastors and professors of Berne. Le Long mentions a lAtin version of the book of Genesis, printed at Morges in 1568.

Le Prevx, a printer of Paris, at this period, often suppressed the name of the town where he resided, giving merely his own.

1580. About this period much encouragement was given to the art of engraving and copper- plate printing. Abraham Ortelius mentions in his Geography, several Englishmen who were eminent in the art of engraving. The following are those who flourished in this century.

William Cunyngham, a phvsician at Norwich, plates in his Cotmographical Glass, printed by John Day, London, 1559.

Antliony Jenkinson, maps, 1562.

Robert Leetli, a man skilful in taking a plot of a county, who was sent over to take the province of Ulster, in Ireland, in 1567.

Humphrey Lhuyd, engraved a dral't of the sea coast of Scotland, as appears by his letter to Abraham Ortelius, dateo April 5, 1568. Ames, however, had not seen this map, nor any en- graving in Scotland until 1576, if those in the folio bible were executed there.

Humphn Cole, a goldsmith, map and fron- lispiece to Barker's Bible, 1572.

Christopher Saxton,the first set of maps of the counties of England and Wales.*

Richard Lyne, was employed by archbishop Parker in engraving genealogies and maps. 1574.

Cornelius Hogius, maps for Saxton, 1574.

John Bettes, a painter and engraver, pedigree and mgnettes in Hall's Chronicle, died in 1676.

Nicholas Reynolds, maps for Saxton, 1577.

Remegius Hogenberg, besides being employed by archbishop Parker, engraved many of the maps for Saxton. 1574 to 1678.

William Borough, of Rome, coast of Scotland for Saxton, 1579. Ralph Aggas, surveyor, map*.

Chriatopher Saxton of Tingley, near Leeds, in Yorkshire, who spent nine years in travelling over the whole king- dom, of which he ma :e a {general survey, and separate ones of the coanties, which he published under the title of .itlas Anglicanut, m suis Comitaium Dacript. apud Chrit. Saltan. Londmi, 1574-9. Thomas Seckford, Master of the Requests to queen Elizalieth, was the promoter of this un- dertaking, procuririg him a license to imprint maps for England, or any county therein, for ten years.
 * The first set of maps of England was collected by

A copy of the abtrve work, curiously coloured, and mounted upon drawing paper, russia, with Joints, was lately offered for ifii vu.

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