The History of Cambridge

By DianaCambridge

  • Published first book

    Published first book

  • The first Cambridge Bible is printed by John Legate.

    The first Cambridge Bible is printed by John Legate.

  • The Cambridge folio edition of the King James Bible is printed by Thomas and John Buck.

    The Cambridge folio edition of the King James Bible is printed by Thomas and John Buck.

  • The Temple by George Herbert (1593 – 1633) is published containing his pattern poem ‘Easter Wings’ in which the words and lines are arranged on the page to create a visual image of the poem’s subject.

  • Lycidas is published by John Milton (1608 –1674) as a tribute to Edward King, a fellow-student at Christ’s College and an aspiring poet, who drowned when his ship sank in 1637.

  • The second edition of Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) is published by the Press.

  • John Baskerville produces the beautiful folio bible.