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Aggas, Edward (b. in or before 1549, d. 1625?), bookseller and publisher  

H. R. Tedder

revised by I. Gadd

Aggas, Edward (b. in or before 1549, d. 1625?), bookseller and publisher, was the son of Robert Aggas (d. in or before 1564), of Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, and probably related to Radulph Agas, who was a native of the same place. He was apprenticed to the ...

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Allde, John (b. in or before 1531, d. 1584), printer and bookseller  

H. R. Tedder

revised by I. Gadd

Allde, John (b. in or before 1531, d. 1584), printer and bookseller, took up his freedom of the Stationers' Company in January 1555. He had been apprenticed to the bookseller Richard Kele until Kele's death in 1552, and was left 'fyve pounds...

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Allen, John (1789–1829), bookseller and antiquary  

Paul Latcham

Allen, John (1789–1829), bookseller and antiquary, was born 'about' 27 July 1789, and baptized on 4 August 1789 at Hereford, the eldest son of John Allen (c.1754–1828), a leading bookseller in the city, and his wife, Mary (c...

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Almon, John (1737–1805), bookseller and political journalist  

Lynda L. Leitner

Almon, John (1737–1805), bookseller and political journalist, was born on 17 December 1737 in Moore Street, Liverpool, to the Irish-born John Almon (b. 1706), seaman, and his wife, Isabella Thompson (d. 1744). Apprenticed to a Liverpool bookseller in March 1751, Almon...

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Alsop, Benjamin (b. c. 1658, d. in or before 1703), bookseller  

W. R. Owens

Alsop, Benjamin (b. c. 1658, d. in or before 1703), bookseller, was the only son of Vincent Alsop (bap. 1630, d. 1703), presbyterian minister, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin King of Oakham, Rutland. His father, who was married on 1 May 1657, lived and preached at ...

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Applebee, John (c. 1690–1750), printer and bookseller  

Arthur Sherbo

Applebee, John (c. 1690–1750), printer and bookseller, worked from premises a little below Brideway Bridge in Blackfriars, and then in Fleet Ditch from 1715 to 1724, and specialized in the lives of criminals and their dying speeches. Applebee printed the St James Evening Post, or, Nightly Pacquet...

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Archer, David Archer Alderson (1907–1971), bookseller and publisher  

Roger Scott

Archer, David Archer Alderson (1907–1971), bookseller and publisher, was born on 15 April 1907 in Havelet House, St Peter Port, Guernsey, the only child of Samuel Francis Alderson Archer (1871–1957), a retired officer who had served in the Royal Artillery, and his wife, ...

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Aspley, William (b. in or before 1573, d. 1640), bookseller  

James Travers

Aspley, William (b. in or before 1573, d. 1640), bookseller, was born the son of William Aspley (d. 1574), vicar of Royston, Hertfordshire, and his wife, Jane (d. after 1640), who outlived her son. On 5 February 1588 he was apprenticed to the ...

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Atkinson, Thomas (1799–1833), bookseller and writer  

Rosemary T. Van Arsdel

Atkinson, Thomas (1799–1833), bookseller and writer, was born on 18 November 1799 in Glasgow, the son of Thomas Atkinson and his wife, Agnes, née Millar. After an apprenticeship with a Mr Turnbull, bookseller, he became co-partner in a publishing business with David Robertson...

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Aylmer, Brabazon (bap. 1645, d. in or after 1719), bookseller  

Marja Smolenaars

Aylmer, Brabazon (bap. 1645, d. in or after 1719), bookseller, was baptized on 7 December 1645 at St Mary's, Stoke Newington, Middlesex, the son of Anthony Aylmer (d. in or after 1661). His father was described as a gentleman of London in the apprentice records of the ...

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Bagford, John (1650/51–1716)  

Maker: George Vertue

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John Bagford (1650/5151–1716) by George Vertue, 1728 (after Hugh Howard) © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Bagford, John (1650/51–1716), bookseller and antiquary  

Theodor Harmsen

Bagford, John (1650/51–1716), bookseller and antiquary, was born in Fetter Lane, London, the son of John Bagford. Very little is known about his early life and family background. He was trained and worked as a shoemaker and wrote a little tract about this trade (...

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Balfour, John (1715–1795), bookseller and printer  

Warren McDougall

Balfour, John (1715–1795), bookseller and printer, was born in South Leith, Edinburghshire, on 1 December 1715, the ninth among the sixteen children of the manufacturer and shipbuilder James Balfour (1681–1737) and Louisa Hamilton (1686–1750). When he was three the family moved to the ...

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Bassandyne [Bassendyne], Thomas (d. 1577), printer and bookseller  

A. J. Mann

Bassandyne [Bassendyne], Thomas (d. 1577), printer and bookseller, was a native of Scotland, although his place of birth, parents, and details of his early life and education are unknown. He is believed to have learned the art of printing abroad, possibly at Paris...

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Batsford, Bradley Thomas (1821–1904), bookseller and publisher  

Jonathan Rose

Batsford, Bradley Thomas (1821–1904), bookseller and publisher, was born in Hertford, the fifth of the nine children of James Batsford (1791–1835), a tailor, and his wife, Mary, née Bradley. When his father died he left for London, where he lived with his cousins above their ...

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Beatniffe, Richard (bap. 1739, d. 1818), bookseller and printer  

David Stoker

Beatniffe, Richard (bap. 1739, d. 1818), bookseller and printer, was born at Louth, Lincolnshire, and baptized at Holton-le-Clay on 13 September 1739, probably the son of Davenport Beatniffe and Jane Hardy. He was adopted and brought up by his uncle the Revd Samuel Beatniffe (1702–1781)...

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Bell, John (1745–1831), printer and bookseller  

Hannah Barker

Bell, John (1745–1831), printer and bookseller, was a major figure in the London printing and book trade for much of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Bell succeeded a Mrs Bathoe in 1769 to run the British Library, a bookshop in the ...

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