A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Dawson (John)
DAWSON (JOHN), printer in London, 1634-48. Son of John Dawson, printer, who died about 1634, when he succeeded to the business. He had a large and varied assortment of letter, and some pictorial initials that are not without merit, while his presswork, particularly in his folios, shows care. He had amongst his ornaments a variation of the Aldine device, to which he added the letters I.D. on either side of the anchor stock (see Harl. 5963/182). He is believed to have died in 1648, being succeeded by Gertrude Dawson. The situation of his printing house has not been found, but it was possibly in Bartholomew Close, from which Gertrude Dawson afterward printed.