PRONUNCIATION: The New Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In the house of Ricardo del Campo.

DATE

Year: 1596

Decade: 1590s

Century: 16th (1501-1600)

Spanish Protestant New Testament Printed in London, 1596 by Richard Field (Ricardo del Campo) to be sold in Catholic Spain. Protestant works were outlawed in Spain and to be caught printing or distributing such would probably lead to a slow and very painful death. As such, these early Protestant works are very hard to find. Richard Field (or Feild) (1561 – 1624) was a Protestant printer and publisher in Elizabethan London, known for his close association with the poems of William Shakespeare. Field grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon; his family lived on Bridge Street, close to the Shakespeares on Henley Street. His father was a tanner. It is often thought likely that Shakespeare and Field knew each other in Stratford, since they were similar in age and their fathers were in similar businesses (tanner and glover). In 1579, Richard Field began an apprenticeship with the London printers John Bishop and Thomas Vautrollier. Vautrollier died in 1587. In 1588, Field collaborated with Jacqueline Vautrollier, Thomas Vautrollier’s widow and a printer in her own right, on “The copie of a letter sent out of England to Don Bernardin Mendoza declaring the state of England” — this piece of Protestant propaganda was the first work to bear Field’s name. Field went on to marry Jacqueline in 1589. He succeeded to his former master’s business, “one of the best in London.” Field’s shop was in the Blackfriars area of London, near Ludgate. He regularly printed works for the most highly-regarded publishers in London, including William Ponsonby and Edward Blount. Field’s Protestantism led him to publish a number of Spanish-language Protestant works for sale in Catholic Spain, under the name “Ricardo del Campo.” Examples include a translation of Calvin’s reformed catechism, “Catecismo que significa forma de instrucion, que contiene los principios de la religion de dios, util y necessario para todo fiel Christiano : compuesto en manera de dialogo, donde pregunta el maestro, y responde el discipulo” (1596). His Spanish works included a number which claimed to be written by Cipriano de Valera, including “Dos tratados. El primero es del Papa y de su autoridad colegido de su vida y dotrina, y de lo que los dotores y concilios antiguos y la misma sagrada Escritura enseñan. El segundo es de la Missa recopilado de los dotores y concilios y de la sagrada Escritura” in (1599) and a Spanish New Testament (1596). This is that 1596 Spanish New Testament. Darlow and Moule 8473

ARTISTS

Name: Richard Field (Ricardo del Campo)
Type: Author
Born In: Stratford-uopn-Avon, UK
Workded In: London, UK
Artists Dates: 1561-1624
Artist Information: Richard Field (or Feild) was a Protestant printer and publisher in Elizabethan London, known for his close association with the poems of William Shakespeare. Field grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon; his family lived on Bridge Street, close to the Shakespeares on Henley Street. His father was a tanner. It is often thought likely that Shakespeare and Field knew each other in Stratford, since they were similar in age and their fathers were in similar businesses (tanner and glover). In 1579, Richard Field began an apprenticeship with the London printers John Bishop and Thomas Vautrollier. Vautrollier died in 1587. In 1588, Field collaborated with Jacqueline Vautrollier, Thomas Vautrollier's widow and a printer in her own right, on "The copie of a letter sent out of England to Don Bernardin Mendoza declaring the state of England" -- this piece of Protestant propaganda was the first work to bear Field's name. Field went on to marry Jacqueline in 1589. He succeeded to his former master's business, "one of the best in London." Field's shop was in the Blackfriars area of London, near Ludgate. He regularly printed works for the most highly-regarded publishers in London, including William Ponsonby and Edward Blount. Field's Protestantism led him to publish a number of Spanish-language Protestant works for sale in Catholic Spain, under the name "Ricardo del Campo." Examples include a translation of Calvin's reformed catechism, "Catecismo que significa forma de instrucion, que contiene los principios de la religion de dios, util y necessario para todo fiel Christiano : compuesto en manera de dialogo, donde pregunta el maestro, y responde el discipulo" (1596). His Spanish works included a number which claimed to be written by Cipriano de Valera, including "Dos tratados. El primero es del Papa y de su autoridad colegido de su vida y dotrina, y de lo que los dotores y concilios antiguos y la misma sagrada Escritura enseñan. El segundo es de la Missa recopilado de los dotores y concilios y de la sagrada Escritura" in (1599) and a Spanish New Testament (1596). This is that 1596 Spanish New Testament. Darlow and Moule 8473