Joshua Phillips (d. 1736; fl. 1680–1721)

Identifiers

  • Grubstreet: 1245

Occupations

  • Bookseller

Names

  • Joshua Phillips
  • Joshua Philips

Joshua Phillips, bookseller (1680–1721) at the Seven Stars in St. Paul's Churchyard; at the King's Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard. Note that Plomer, Woods, and Heal confuse Joshua with John Phillips who was at the Black Bull in Cornhill. Plomer also identifies Joshua Phillips "at the Atlas in Cornhill," but this was John Kidgel.

A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)

PHILLIPS (JOSHUA), bookseller in London, (i) Atlas in Cornhill, 1680; (2) Seven Stars, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1680–93; (3) King's Arms, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1694–1706; (4) Black Bull, Cornhill, 1707–9. 1680–1709. First mentioned in the Term Catalogues in Mich. 1680 (the Atlas in Cornhill appearing here only, combined with the Seven Stars). [T.C. I. 416.] Published books in various classes of literature. Between Mich. 1693 and Mich. 1694 he altered his sign or moved to fresh premises in St. Paul's Churchyard [T.C. II. 487, 527]; he moved to the Black Bull in Cornhill between Easter 1706 and Trin. 1707. [T.C. 111–505, 555.] The latest mention of him in the Term Catalogues is in 1709. He often shared copies with H. Rhodes and other booksellers.

Notes & Queries "London Booksellers Series" (1931–2)

PHILIPS, JOSHUA. He had a shop at the King's Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard when the century opened, though in 1706 he removed to the Black Bull in Cornhill, where he remained until his death in 1709 or 1710. A "Widow Philips" whose name we meet with in 1712, may have been his wife. For a note upon him see Dunton (i. 216).

—Frederick T. Wood, 26 September 1931

PHILLIPS, JOSHUA. His full address found on some of his imprints from 1707 onwards, is the Black Bull, over against Sweeting's Alley (or over against the Royal Exchange), Cornhill. One of these occurs as late as 1713.

—Ambrose Heal, 21 November 1931