Ralph Newbery

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Ralph Newbery (1535 Waltham St. Lawrence – 1608 Littlewick Green) was an English printer active in London. He became a Freeman of the City of London on 21 January 1560. The first book he published was The zodiake of life, a translation by Barnabe Googe of Zodiacus Vitae (Venice, 1531?) by Marcellus Pallingenius Stellatus.[1]

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  1. ^ "The zodiake of life / written by the Godly and zealous poet Marcellus Pallingenius Stellatus, wherein are conteyned twelue bookes disclosing the haynous crymes and wicked vices of our corrupt nature: and plainlye declaring the pleasaunt and perfit pathway unto eternall lyfe, besides a numbre of digressions both pleasaunt and profitable. Newly translated into Englishe verse by Barnabae Googe". Wellcome Collection. Wellcome. Retrieved 26 February 2024.