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1534 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of
1534
.
Events
July 20
âÂÂ
Cambridge University Press
is granted a
royal charter
by King
Henry VIII of England
to print "all manner of books" and becomes the first of the
privileged presses
.
unknown dates
Luther Bible
:
Martin Luther
's
Biblia: das ist die gantze Heilige Schrifft Deudsch
, a
translation
of the complete
Bible
into
German
is printed by
Hans Lufft
in
Wittenberg
, including
woodcut
illustrations.
Rabbi Asher Anchel's
Mirkevet ha-Mishneh
(a
Tanakh
concordance
) becomes the first book printed in
Yiddish
(in
Kraków
).
New books
Anthony Fitzherbert
âÂÂ
La Novelle Natura Brevium
François Rabelais
(as Alcofribas Nasier) âÂÂ
Gargantua
(
La vie très horrifique du grand Gargantua, père de Pantagruel
)
Polydore Vergil
âÂÂ
Historia Anglica
Juan Luis Vives
âÂÂ
De conscribendis epistolis
Syed Shah Israil âÂÂ
Maÿdan al-FawÃÂþid
in
Persian
Poetry
Births
April 18
âÂÂ
William Harrison
, clergyman and writer (died
1593
)
October 18
âÂÂ
Jean Passerat
, poet and satirist (died
1602
)
Deaths
November 23
âÂÂ
Otto Brunfels
, German botanist and theologian (born
1488
)
Unknown dates
Cesare Magni
, Italian printer
Wynkyn de Worde
,
Lotharingian
-born English printer
References