Abbreviations and Sources

Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History, ed. Ian Maxted

London

Aspinall, Arthur "Statistical accounts of the London newspapers in the eighteenth century", English Historical Review, vol. 63 (1948), pp. 201-232.

Aspinall, Arthur "Statistical accounts of the London newspapers, 1800-36", English Historical Review, vol. 65 (1950), pp. 222-234, 372-383.

Beaven, Alfred. The aldermen of the City of London. London: Eden Fisher, 1908-13. 2 vol.

Blagden, Cyprian. "The Stationers' Company in the eighteenth century". Guildhall Mdiscellany, vol. 1, no. 10 (Sept. 1959), pp. 35-53. The names in the table on p. 52 are incorporated.

Boyd, Percival. "City of London: Common Council, 1780-1879". 1933. Typescript index in Guildhall Library.

Brown, Philip Arthur Henry. Some London publishers and printers (mid nineteenth century). London: British Museum, 1961.

Darlington, Ida and Howgego, James Lawrence. Printed maps of London circa 1553-1850. London: Philip, 1964.

Directories. The following directories with London coverage were checked. For directories after 1800 entries were only checked for firms which commenced business before 1801, but the editions listed below were checked page by page. The listing also gives the code used in register entries for dates derived from directories. Goss was in 1977 the standard guide for London directories and full identification can be found there for the initials attached to dates obtained from directories:

Andrews 1789-93. Date code: A.
Bailey 1781-90. Date code: B.
Boyle 1792-1840+. Date code: B.
Complete guide 1740-65. Date code: C.
Holden 1799-1816. Date code: H.
Johnstone 1817. Date code: J.
Kent 1734-1828. Date code: K.
Lowndes 1772-99. Date code: L.
Mortimer Date code: M.
New complete guide 1768-83. Date code: N.
Pendred (q.v.) 1785 Date code: P.
Post Office 1800-1840+. Date code: P.
Pigot 1822-40. Date code: Pi.
Robson 1819-43. Date code: R.
Universal British 1790-98. Date code: U.
Underhill 1814-22. Date code: U.

1736 Kent: Checked page by page
1738 Intelligencer: Checked page by page
1740 Complete guide: Checked page by page
1741 Universal pocket companion: Checked page by page
1742 Kent: Checked page by page
1744 Complete guide: Checked page by page
1745 Kent: Checked page by page
1745 Universal pocket companion (reprint of 1741): Checked page by page
1749 Complete guide: Checked page by page
1752 Complete guide: Checked page by page
1753 Kent: Checked page by page
1754 Kent: Checked page by page
1755 Kent: Checked page by page
1755 Complete guide: Checked page by page
1758 complete guide: Checked page by page
1759 Kent: Checked page by page
1760 Universal pocket companion: Checked page by page
1760 Complete guide: Checked page by page
1761 Kent: Checked page by page
1763 Kent: Checked page by page
1763 Mortimer: Checked page by page
1763 Complete compting house companion: Checked page by page
1763 Complete guide: Checked page by page
1765 Kent: Checked page by page
1765 Complete guide: Checked page by page
1767 Kent: Checked page by page
1768 Kent: Checked page by page
1768 New complete guide: Checked page by page
1769 Payne: Checked page by page
1769 Kent: Checked page by page
1770 Kent: Checked page by page
1770 New complete guide: Checked page by page
1771 Kent
1772 Kent: Checked page by page
1772 Lowndes: Checked page by page
1772 New complete guide: Checked page by page
1773 Lowndes: Checked page by page
1774 Kent: Checked page by page
1774 Lowndes: Checked page by page
1775 Kent: Checked page by page
1775 Lowndes: Checked page by page
1775 New complete guide: Checked page by page
1776 Kent: checked page by page
1777 New complete guide: Checked page by page
1778 Kent: checked page by page
1779 Kent: checked page by page
1780 Kent: checked page by page
1781 Lowndes: Checked page by page
1782 Kent: checked page by page
1783 Bailey: checked page by page
1784 Bailey: checked page by page
1785 Pendred (q.v.): Checked page by page
1786 Kent: checked page by page
1788 Kent: checked page by page
1789 Lowndes: Checked page by page
1790 Universal Britsh Directory: Checked page by page
1791 Lowndes: Checked page by page
1792 Kent: checked page by page
1793 Lowndes: Checked page by page
1794 Boyle: Checked page by page
1795 Kent: checked page by page
1797 Lowndes: Checked page by page
1798 Kent: checked page by page
1799 Holden: Checked page by page
1800 Post Office: Checked page by page
1802 Holden: Checked page by page but not yet fully incorporated
1805 Holden: Checked page by page but not yet fully incorporated
1817 Johnstone: Checked page by page but not yet fully incorporated
1817 Underhill: Checked page by page but not yet fully incorporated

Goss, Charles William Frederick. The London directories 1677-1855. London: Archer, 1932.

Howe, Ellic. A list of London bookbinders 1648-1815. London: Bibliographical Society, 1950.

Howe, Ellic. The London compositor. London: Bibliographical Society, 1947. The references to these two sources were not differentiated unless confusion arose, since they deal with two distinct aspects of the trade, bookbinders and printers respectively.

Poll books. The names of those polled for are distinguished:
-- (City poll, 1781). "The poll of the livery of the City of London for a member of Parliament vice George Hayley, September 1781". 6 vol. Guildhall Library MS 1583. C = Richard Clarke. L = Sir Watkin Lewes, Lord Mayor.
-- (City poll, 1784). A list of the persons who have polled for Richard Atkinson, Esq. London, 1784. Guildhall Library broadside 3.17. A = Richard Atkinson.
-- List of the whole body of the liverymen of London ... brought up to the year 1792. London: J.Wilkes, 1792. Does not gives names of candidates polled for.
-- A list of the livery of London, alphabetically arranged. London: Galabin, 1796.
-- (Westminster poll, 1774) A correct copy of the poll, for electing two representatives in Parliament for the City and Liberty of Westminster. London: Cox and Bigg, 1774. Cl. = Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton. Co. = Humphry Cotes, Esq. Ma. = Lord Viscount Mahon. Mo. = Lord Viscount Mountmorres. Pe. = Earl Percy. Guildhall Library copy defective, lacks signatures F, G, R, S.
-- (Westminster poll, 1784). Guildhall Library MS 6484. F = Fox. H = Lord Hood. W = Sir Cecil Wray.
-- (Westminster poll, 1796). "City of Westminster 1796: list of electors ... in the interest of Mr. Fox and Mr. Tooke". Guildhall Library MS 3549. F = Fox. T = Tooke.

Ramsden, Charles London bookbinders 1780-1840. London: Batsford, 1956.

Todd, William Burton. A directory of printers and others in allied trades, London and vicinity, 1800-1840. London: Printing Historical Society, 1972.

Werkmeister, Lucyle The London daily press, 1772-1792. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1963. A work on the newspaper press which was examined as it contained considerable detail about printers and publishers

Aspinall, Arthur. Politics and the press, c. 1780-1850. London: Home and van Thal, 1949.

Blagden, Cyprian. The Stationers' Company: a history, 1403-1959. London: Allen and Unwin, 1960.

English catalogue of books, 1801-1836, edited by Robert Alexander Peddie and Quintin Waddington. London: Publishers' Circular, 1914.

Feltham, John. The picture of London for 1802. London: R.Phillips, 1802.

Gaskell, Philip. A new introduction to bibliography. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972.

Gaskell, Philip. 'The Strahan papers', Times literary supplement, 5 Oct. 1956, p. 592.

Handover, Phyllis Margaret. Printing in London from 1476 to modern times. London: Allen and Unwin, 1960.

Hernlund, Patricia. 'Strahan's ledgers'. Studies in bibliography, vol. 20 (1967), pp. 89-111, and vol. 22 (1969), pp. 179-195.

Hodgson, Norma and Blagden, Cyprian. The notebook of Thomas Bennet and Henry Clements (1686-1719). Oxford Bibliographical Society, Publications, new series, vol. 6, 1956.

Hodson, William Henry. Hodson's booksellers, publishers and stationers' directory, 1855. Oxford Bibliographical Society, Occasional publications, 7, 1972.

Howe, Ellic and Child, John. The London Society of Bookbinders, 1780- 1951. London; Sylvan Press, 1952.

McKenzie, Donald Francis. The Cambridge University Press, 1696- 1712. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966. 2 vols.

McKenzie, Donald Francis. 'Printers of the mind'. Studies in bibliography, vol. 23 (1969), pp. 1-75.

McKenzie, Donald Francis and Ross, J.C. A ledger of Charles Ackers, printer of the 'London Magazine'. Oxford Bibliographical Society, Publications, new series, vol. 15, 1968.

Nangle, Benjamin Christie. The Monthly Review, first series, 1749-1789: indexes of contributors and articles. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1934.

Nangle, Benjamin Christie. The Monthly Review, second series, 1790-1815: indexes of contributors and articles. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1955.

The new Cambridge bibliography of English literature, edited by George Watson. Vol. 2, 1660-1800. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971.

Philip, Ian Gilbert. William Blackstone and the reform of the Oxford University Press in the eighteenth century. Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1955.

Sale, William Merritt. Samuel Richardson: master printer. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1950.

Scott, Kathleen L. 2002. Dated and datable English manuscript borders c.1395-1499. London: Bibliographical Society , 2002.

The term catalogues, 1668-1709 A.D., with a number for Easter term 1711 A.D., edited by Edward Arber. London: Arber, 1903-06. 3 vols.

Wing, Donald Goddard. A short-title catalogue of books ... 1641- 1700. New York: Index Society, 1945-51. 3 vols. 2nd ed. 1972-. Lapthorne, Richard. 1928. The Portledge papers, edited by Russell J.Kerr and Ida Coffin Duncan, (London: Cape).

McKenzie, D.F. 1961. Stationers' Company apprentices, 1605-1640 (Charlotteville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia).

McKenzie, D.F. 1974. Stationers' Company apprentices, 1641-1700 (Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society).

McKenzie, D.F. 1978. Stationers' Company apprentices, 1700-1800 (Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society) New series; 19.

Maxted, Ian. 1977. The London book trades 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members, (Folkestone: Dawson).

Treadwell, Michael. 1987. 'Lists of master printers: the size of the London printing trade 1637-1723', in: Aspects of printing from 1600, edited by Robin Myers and Michael Harris (Oxford: Oxford Polytechnic Press), 141-70.

Treadwell, Michael. 1997. 'Richard Lapthorne and the London retail book trade, 1683-1697', in: The book trade and its customers 1450-1900, (Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies), 205-22.

Twyman, Michael. 1974. 'A directory of London lithographic printers 1800- 1840', Journal of the Printing Historical Society 10, 1-55.

 

National

Many of the following titles have been checked by Victor Berch of Brandeis University. Years covered in whole or in part for which information has ben noted are given below.

CM: Court magazine. Berch: 1762, 1763, 1765.
Diary. Berch: 1789.
Examiner. Berch: 1810, 1819.
GLDA: . Berch: 1756.
GNDA: . Berch: 1773-1777.
GM: Gentleman's Magazine 1731-1907. Mainly used for bankruptcies (1731-1786) and obituaries. Berch: 1761, 1771, 1780-1784, 1788-1792, 1795- 1802, 1804-1808, 1810, 1814, 1816, 1818-1820, 1822-1825, 1828, 1838.
Ladies Magazine. Berch: 1750-1751.
LDA: London daily advertiser. Berch: 1750-1754, 1756, 1760-1762, 1767, 1769, 1773-1789.
LEP: . Berch 1778.
LG: London gazette. Berch: 1720, 1744-1752, 1755-1756, 1761-1767, 1772, 1774-1800, 1802, 1806, 1813, 1814, 1817-1821, 1827, 1832, 1838, 1839, 1842.
LM: London magazine. Berch: 1750, 1752-1753, 1760-1763, 1766-1767.
LT: [London] Times. Berch: 1788-1793, 1795-1804, 1806, 1808-1811, 1817-1818, 1820, 1823, 1827, 1828.
MC: Morning chronicle. 1788, 1814.
MM: Monthly magazine. Berch: 1796-1798, 1800-1811, 1813-1816, 1818 -1820.
MR: Monthly review. Berch: 1774.
Northern Star. Berch: 1838.
Public ledger. Berch: 1761.
St. James's Chronicle. 1761-1866. January 1775 only checked to supplement the directories for the period.
SM: Scottish magazine. Berch: 1752, 1758, 1770.
UDR: Universal daily register. Berch: 1785-1787.

Letters after years are normally used to refer to dates derived from directories and can be found in upper or lower case.

 

A = Andrews (1789-93)
B = Bailey (1781-90), Boyle (1792-1840+)
C = Complete guide (1740-65)
d = Directory (unspecified)
H = Holden (1799-1816), Hodson (1855)
J = Johnstone (1817)
K = Kent (1734-1828)
L = Lowndes (1772-99)
M = Mortimer (1763)
N = New complete guide (1768-83)
P = Payne (1769), Pendred (1785), Post Office (1800-40+)
Pi or p = Pigot (1822-40)
R = Robson (1819-43)
U = Universal British directory (1790-98), Underhill (1817)

 

British Isles: General and Provincial

Abbey, John Roland. Life in England in aquatint and lithography 1770- 1860. London: Curwen Press, 1953. Facsimile reprint, Folkestone: Dawson, 1972. Only titles where publication began before 1801.

Abbey, John Roland. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860. London: Curwen Press, 1952. Facsimile reprint, Folkestone: Dawson, 1972. Only titles where publication began before 1801.

Abbey, John Roland. Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860. London: Curwen Press, 1956-57. 2 vol. Facsimile reprint, Folkestone: Dawson, 1972. Only titles where publication began before 1801.

Bailey, William. Bailey's list of bankrupts, dividends and certificates from the year 1772 to 1793. London: T.Wilkins, 1794. All entries to 1785 when Smith's list commences.

Bankrupts. See Bailey, Gentleman's Magazine, Smith.

Birley, Robin. 1994. Vindolanda's Roman records. Rev ed. (Greenhead: Roman Army Museum).

Berry, William Turner and Johnson, Alfred Forbes. Catalogue of specimens of printing types by English and Scottish printers and founders 1665- 1830. London: Oxford University Press, 1935.

Boase, Frederic. Modern English biography. Truro: Netherton and Worth, 1892-1921. 6 vol.

Bodley, Sir Thomas. 1926. Letters of Sir Thomas Bodley to Thomas James, edited by G.W.Wheeler, (Oxford: Clarendon Press).

British Museum. List of catalogues of English book sales 1676-1900 now in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1915. Booksellers active in the period were traced from 1740 to 1815.

British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings. Catalogue of political and personal satires. London: British Museum, 1870-. Vol. 5, 1771-83, vol. 6, 1784-92, and vol. 7, 1793-1800, were used for this checklist. Entries in indexes of printsellers and publishers are included where they give substantial information, especially addresses. Selected entries only from indexes of artists and engravers.

Clough, E.A. 1969. A short-title catalogue, arranged geographically, of books printed and distributed ... in the English provincial towns and in Scotland and Ireland ... to ... 1700, (London: Library Association).

Cranfield, G.A. 1978. The development of the provincial newspaper 1700- 1760 (Oxford: Clarendon Press).

Chubb, Thomas. The printed maps in the atlases of Great Britain and Ireland: a bibliography 1579-1870. London: Homeland Association, 1927. Reprint, Folkestone: Dawson, 1974.

Dictionary of national biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1885-. 63 vol. plus supplements.

Directories with national coverage:

1783 Bailey: London only checked completely
1784 Bailey: all book trade entries checked.
1785 Pendred: all book trade entries checked.
1790-1798 Universal British: all book trade entries checked.
1805 Holden: all book trade entries checked.
1811 Holden: all book trade entries checked.

Duff, E.G. A century of the English book trade, (London: Bibliographical Society).

Farington, Joseph. 1922-28. The Farington diary, edited by James Greig, (London: Hutchinson), vol. 6, 155-79 etc.

Feather, John. 1985. The provincial book trade in eighteenth-century England, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).

Goulden, Richard. 1977. 'Chancery lawsuits 1714-1758: an analytical list' (Typescript).

Graves, Algernon. The Royal Academy of Arts. London: Graves, 1905- 06. 8 vol. Only checked selectively.

Hamlyn, Hilda M. "The circulating libraries of the eighteenth century." London University, MA thesis, 1948. Appendix 1, pp. 116-34. See also Kaufman.

Hannas, Linda. The English jigsaw puzzle 1760-1890. London: Wayland Publishers, 1972.

Hodgson, Norma & Blagden, Cyprian. 1956. The notebook of Thomas Bennet and Henry Clements (Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society).

Hodson, W.H. 1972. Hodson's booksellers, publishers and stationers directory 1855: a facsimile of the copy in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, with an introduction by Graham Pollard, (Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society). Occasional publication; no. 7.

House of Commons. 1851. Returns of newspaper stamps 1837-50 (London: HMSO). Parliamentary papers, session 1851, HC42, vol. 17, 516-29.

Humphries, Charles and Smith, William Charles. Music publishing in the British Isles from the earliest times to the middle of the nineteenth century. London: Cassell, 1954.

Kaufman, Paul. "The community library: a chapter in English social history." American Philosophical Society Transactions, new series, vol. 57, part 7 (1967). List of circulating libraries on p. 53 supplementary to Hamlyn.

Kaufman, Paul. 1969. Libraries and their users: collected papers in library history, (London: Library Association).

Ker, Neil Ripley. 1964. The medieval libraries of Great Britain, 2nd ed., (London: Royal Historical Society). A lit of surviving manuscripts.

Kress Library of Business and Economics. Catalogue. Boston, Mass.: Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1940-67. Vol. 1: Books published 1481-1776. Entries preceded by A. Vol. 2: Books published 1777-1817. Entries preceded by B. Supplement: Books published 1473-1878. Entries preceded by S.

Leland, John. 1715. De rebus britannicis collectanea, (Oxford: At the Sheldonian Theatre for Thomas Hearne).

McKerrow, R.B. 1910. A dictionary of printers and booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland ... 1557-1640, (Bibliographical Society).

Mortimer, R.S. 1947. 'Biograpical notices of printers and publishers of Friends' books up to 1750', J. Documentation, 3, 106-125.

Munby, A.N.L. 1977. British book sale catalogues 1676-1800. A.N.L.Munby and Lenore Coral, (Mansell).

Musgrave, Sir William. Obituary prior to 1800. London: Harleian Society, 1899-1901. Publications, vol. 44-49.

Nichols, John. Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century. London: Nichols, 1812-16. 9 vol. All volumes checked for information relating to dates after 1774.

Norton, Jane Elizabeth. Guide to the national and provincial directories of England and Wales, excluding London, published before 1856. London Royal Historical Society, 1950.

Patent Office. Abridgments of specifications. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1857-. Sections relevant to the book trades checked.

Patent Office. Alphabetical index to patentees of inventions, 1617- 1852. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1854.

Patent Office. Titles of patents of invention chronologically arranged, 1617-1852.. 2 vol. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1854.

Pendred, John. 1955. The earliest directory of the book trade ... 1785, edited by Graham Pollard, (London: Bibliographical Society).

Pendred, John. The earliest directory of the book trades, edited by Graham Pollard. London: Bibliographical Society, 1955. All London entries incorporated except those relating to the leather trades and stamp distributors. Information from the introduction also included.

Perkin, Michael. 1990. 'Egerton Smith and the early 19th-century book trade in Liverpool', Spreading the word: the distribution networks of print, (Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies), 151-164.

Plomer, Henry R. 1907. A dictionary of printers and booksellers ... 1641-1667, (London: Bibliographical Society).

Plomer, Henry R. 1922. A dictionary of printers and booksellers ... 1668-1725, (London: Bibliographical Society).

Plomer, Henry R. 1932. A dictionary of printers and booksellers ... 1725-1775, (London: Bibliographical Society).

Plomer, Henry Robert and others. A dictionary of the printers and booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775. London: Bibliographical Society, 1932.

Rawcliffe, Carole. 2002. 'Written in the book of life: building the libraries of medieval English hospitals and almshouses', The library, 7th series, vol. 3:2 (Jun 2002), 127-162.

Royal Commission on the press. 1949. (London: HMSO).

Potts, R.A.J. 1963. 'Early Cornish printers, 1740-1850', Royal Institution of Cornwall, New series, 4, 264-325.

Maxted, Ian. 1983a. The British book trades 1710-1777: an index of masters and apprentices, (Exeter: J.Maxted).

Maxted, Ian. 1984. The British book trades 1731-1806: a checklist of bankrupts, (Exeter: J.Maxted).

Nichols, John. 1812-16. Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century, (London: J.Nichols).

Nichols, John Bowyer. 1817-58. Illustrations of the literary history of the 18th century, (London: Nichols & Son). Continued by John Bowyer Nichols.

Reed, Talbot Baines. A history of the old English letter foundries ... Revised and enlarged by A.F.Johnson. London: Faber, 1952. Reprint: Folkestone: Dawson, 1974.

Royal kalendar. 1767-1893. These and similar almanacs were checked for the period 1760-1820 to obtain details of royal patentees.

Short-title catalogue. 1976-. A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad 1475- 1640, (London: Bibliographical Society).

Shorter, A.H. 1957. Paper mills and paper makers in England 1495-1800, (Hilversum: Paper Publications Society).

Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotint portraits. 4 vol. London: Sotheran, 1884.

Smith, William and Co. A list of bankrupts, with their dividends, certificates ... from Jan. 1, 1786 to June 24, 1806 ... transcribed from the London Gazettes ... London: Smith, 1806.

Sugden, Alan Victor and Edmondson, John Ludlam. A history of English wallpaper 1509-1914. London: Batsford, 1926.

Todd, William B. 1974. 'Provincial booksellers c.1744: the Harleian Miscellany subscription list', by William B.Todd and P.Wallis, Library, 5th ser., vol. 5, 29.

Tooley, Ronald Vere English books with colour plates, 1790-1860. London: Batsford, 1954. Facsimile reprint: Folkestone: Dawson, 1973.

Walker, John. 1714. An attempt towards recovering an account of the sufferings of the clergy of the Church of England, (London: W.S. for J.Nicholson).

Wallis, Peter John. 1977. An eighteenth century book trade index, (Newcastle upon Tyne: PHIBB). PHIBB; no 140.

Wing, Donald. 1945-. A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland and Ireland ... 1641-1700, (New York: Index Society).

Wiles, R.M. 1965. Freshest advices: early provincial newspapers in England, (Columbus: Ohio State University Press).

 

Miscellaneous

BL: British Library
BM: British Museum
DRO: Devon Record Office
PRO: Public Record Office (National Archives)
WSL: Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter