of plays, Simmes worked on non-dramatic projects as well; he printed Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (1611) for the bookseller Richard Bonian – a volume of poems by Emilia Lanier, it was one of the very rare books by a woman published in that era. For John Clapham's The History of Great Britain (1606), he was both printer and publisher. Reputation While Simmes is recognized as among the best printers of his generation, a cynic might complain that this is not saying much — that it merely identifies Simmes as the best of a bad lot. Simmes, or his compositors, allowed 69 typographical errors in Richard II, Q1; when they printed Q2 they corrected 14 of these typos, but added 123 new ones. Apart from his reputation for quality, Simmes "was constantly in trouble for printing unauthorized works, and in 1622 was forbidden to work as a master printer." Notes References Chambers, E. K. The Elizabethan Stage. 4 Volumes, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923. Ferguson, W. Craig. Valentine Simmes, Stationer: A Bibliographical Study of an Elizabethan Printer and Publisher. Birmingham (UK), 1959; Charlottesville, VA, Bibliographic Society of the University of Virginia, 1968. Grossman, Marshall, ed., Aemilia Lanyer: Gender, Genre, and the Canon. Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, 1998 Halliday, F. E. A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964. Baltimore, Penguin, 1964. External links English printers Early editions of Shakespeare 16th-century English businesspeople 17th-century English businesspeople 16th-century births 17th-century deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown