, son of the preceding, was likewise a very able printer. Being a protestant, he went to
, son of the preceding, was likewise a very able printer. Being a protestant, he went to
Frankfort, about 1573; having left Paris, after the massacre on St. Bartholomew’s day, the year before. He himself relates the great danger to which he was exposed on
the night of that massacre; and in what manner he was
saved by the learned Hubert Languet, who lived in his
house. He expresses his gratitude for it in the dedication
of Albert Krantz’s “Vandalia,
” printed at Frankfort in
1575; in which place he continued to print many great
and important works. He died in 1581. It was at his
house where our celebrated sir Philip Sidney lodged when
at Frankfort, and where he became acquainted with Languet, then a resident from the elector of Saxony.