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A Verard - the last dated book printed for him appeared in
Aug 1512 + he was no longer alive in 1514.
The parentage of Verard + his career before the
appearance of his 1st book in 1485 is entirely unknown.
His publications may roughly be divided into
1) Books of Devotion 2)Books of chivalry 3) Poems +
light literature, chiefly smatory 4) Quasi - schientific
books 5) Translation of the Classics
A. Vergard was the single most important publishers in Paris in the late
15th C. He produced some 250 imprints. He was the 1st in Paris to
print a Book of Hous. Verard often printed vellum issues of his books
which could be ornamented, + the woodcuts or painted, for
presentation to noble + royal figures.
One of Verards most important books was his French Bible, the
1st complete French edition published. (about 1498) Verard text
was not a straight forward translation of the Latin Vulgate.
Rather it was a traditional compilation dependent on the
12th C. Bible paraphrase + gloss, teh Historia scholastica of
Peter Comestor. In the late 15th C Guyart des Moulins
Made a French version known as the Bible historiale,
during likewise on an anonymous 13th C French Bible text
+ this became the common vernaculer Bible in France.
Vernard's editor was the Royal Confessor, Jean de Rely, who
standardized the text at the Order of Charles VIII (1483-98)
The books influence continued well into the 11th C, for
the 1523-30 French Bible of Lefevre d'Etaples, thought
filled to connections is based on Verard's text.