John Heptinstall (fl. 1671–1712)

Identifiers

  • Grubstreet: 2855

Occupations

  • Printer

John Heptinstall, printer, 1671–1712.

A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)

HEPTINSTALL (JOHN), printer in London, 1671–1712. Dunton spoke of him [p. 248] as a "modest humble man, and very ingenious in his calling", and added that he made "the best ink for printers of any man in London". He printed for Edward Giles the Norwich bookseller. He was also a printer of music books, and several of Purcell's works came from his press. In 1713 he contributed four guineas to the Bowyer relief fund. [Nichols, Lit. Anecd. I. 62.]