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John Marriot (died 1657) and his son Richard Marriot (died 1679) were prominent London publishers and booksellers in the seventeenth century. For a portion of their careers, the 1645–57 period, they were partners in a family business.〔Henry Robert Plomer, ''A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers Who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667,'' London, The Bibliographical Society/Blades, East & Blades, 1907; p. 122.〕 ==John Marriot== John Marriot maintained his London business from 1616 to 1657; his shop was at the sign of the "White Flower de Luce" in St. Dunstan's Churchyard in Fleet Street. Marriot published a wide range of books on many subjects, including the religious works that were a dominant feature of his era; John Meredith's ''The Sin of Blasphemy Against the Holy Ghost'' (1622) is only one of various possible examples. In 1618 Marriot became the publisher of the Royal College of Physicians, and published their ''Pharmacopoeia'' (1618, 1619) — though his relationship with the College would prove difficult and contentious.〔Benjamin Woolley, ''Heal Thyself: Nicholas Culpeper and the Seventeenth-Century Struggle to Bring Medicine to the People,'' New York, HarperCollins, 2004; pp. 56-8, 288.〕 He published Barnabe Rich's ''The Irish Hubbub, or the English Hue and Cry'' in 1617, and John Murrell's ''A New Book of Cookery'' in 1631. Yet the elder Marriot is most strongly associated with the publication of poetry and literary prose. He produced the first (defective) edition of the collected ''Poems'' of John Donne in 1633,〔David Lawrence Edwards, ''John Donne: Man of Flesh and Spirit,'' New York, Continuum, 2001; p. 195.〕 plus subsequent (improved) editions in 1635, 1639, and down to 1650; he also issued volumes of Donne's sermons and other prose works. Marriot also published works of Michael Drayton, Nicholas Breton, Francis Quarles, John Davies of Hereford, George Wither, and others, some of them figures now deeply obscure (like the ''Poems'' of Robert Gomersall, in 1633). John Marriot normally operated independently, though occasionally he joined in partnerships with other stationers to produce volumes that were unusually expensive or challenging. Partnered with colleague John Grismand, Marriot published the first edition of Lady Mary Wroth's controversial roman à clef ''The Countess of Montgomery's Urania'' in 1621. Marriot published relatively little of English Renaissance drama, though he did issue Philip Massinger's ''The Great Duke of Florence'' in 1636. In 1645, John Marriot's son Richard joined in partnership with his father; books published by their firm after that date are generally assigned to both men. The title page of their first edition of Quarles's ''The Shepherds' Oracles'' (1646) credits the publication to "John Marriot and Thomas Marriot." The title page of the 1650 edition of Donne's ''Poems'' reads "Printed for John Marriot, and are to be sold by Richard Marriot...." On 3 May 1651 John Marriot transferred many of his copyrights to his son; he appears to have entered a semi-retirement after that date. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John and Richard Marriot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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