Augustine Matthews

Among a wide variety of other work, Matthews printed notable texts in English Renaissance drama.

By 1619 he was established in his own business (in Cow Lane), and for the next two decades he produced a range of literature for many of the booksellers of his generation.

[1] The 1635 fourth edition of The Scornful Lady was a rare instance in which Matthews acted as both printer and publisher.

Matthews is thought to have been one of the London printers, along with Edward Allde and Nicholas Okes, who produced the early quartos of Middleton's A Game at Chess.

Two examples: Matthews printed a pair of collections of Thomas Adams's sermons, The Soldier's Honour (1629) and Erienopolis, the City of Peace (1630), both for John Grismand.