The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Reyner Wolfe ( - 1573)
Printer, bookseller, and one of the original members of the Royal Stationers' Company. According to John Stowe, Wolfe "had ... a collection, including 'curiosities' found among the numerous cartloads of bones he removed from the charnell house in St Paul's Churchyard when setting up his business there" (Selwyn and Selwyn, 517). Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29835 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reyner_Wolfe Collector (minor)Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - 'The Profession of a Gentleman': Books for the Gentry and the Nobility (c.1560-1640).
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