Samuel Mearne

Mearne was born in Reading, England and lived all of his professional life in Little Britain in Aldersgate.

In 1674, he became the stationer in ordinary to Charles, and the next year he and his son were made grants for life to their position.

His workshop produced beautiful gold tooled and onlay bindings for Charles and the royal libraries.

For the chapels, gifts, and presentations of the installation of the Knight of the Garter ceremonies, Mearne's shop produced even more lavishly bound books.

In 1967 Howard Millar Nixon, who held the Sandars Readership in Bibliography, celebrated the work of Mearne.