James Watts (d. 1732?; fl. 17221730)

Identifiers

  • Grubstreet: 1040

Occupations

  • Printer

James Watts, printer in Dublin, next the Bull's Head, Big Ship Street, 1722?–Sep 1723; opposite the Watch house in College Green, 1727?–?; at the sign of Lord Carteret's Head, Dame Street, 1728–1730; next the sign of the Angel, Capel Street, 1730–. Printed Eliza Haywood's Love in Excess, sold opposite the Watch-house, 15 July 1724. Printed S. Radcliff's Serious Enquiry Whether a Toleration of Popery Should be Enacted by Parliament, sold opposite the Watch-house, 31 October 1727. A James Watt was buried 28 June 1732 (St. Peter and St. Kevin). See A Dictionary of Members of the Dublin Book Trade 1550–1800 by Mary Pollard (Bibliographical Society, 2000).