A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Calvert (George)
CALVERT (GEORGE), bookseller in London, (1) Half-Moon in Watling Street neare Paule's stump, 1650; (2) Half-Moon in the new buildings in Paul's Churchyard, 1655-66; 1675-82; (3) Bible in Jewen Street, 1667; (4) Golden Ball in Little Britain, 1669-74. 1648-82. Son of George Calvert, of Meere, in the county of Somerset, "clerk," and brother of Giles Calvert, q.v. Apprenticed to Joseph Hunscott, for eight years from Michaelmas, 1636. [Stationers' Register of Apprenticeships.] In conjunction with Thomas Pierrepoint, he issued in 1655 a folio edition of Sidney's Arcadia, and miscellaneous works. This edition was printed for him by W. Dugard. He published two other editions in 1662 and 1674, the first printed by Henry Lloyd, for W. Dugard, the second without printer's name. After the great fire he moved to the Bible in Jewin Street.