John Wyat (d. 1733)

Identifiers

Occupations

  • Bookseller
  • Publisher
  • Stationer

Names

  • John Wyat
  • John Wyatt
  • John Wiat

John Wyat, bookseller, publisher, stationer, and author; at the Golden Lion in St. Paul's Churchyard; the Rose / Rose Crown in St. Paul's Churchyard.

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

WYAT, or WYATT, or WIAT (JOHN), bookseller in London, (i) Golden Lion, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1690–1; (2) (a) Rose, (b) Rose and Crown, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1691–1711 (–20?). 1690–1720(?). Publisher for the Nonconformists. Dunton [p. 207] says of him: "Mr. Wiat, if Trim Tram have any truth in it, is an honest and ingenious Bookseller; but, indeed it is character enough for him, that he was Mr. Robinson's [Robert Robinson's] Apprentice. He prints Mr. Dorrington's Books." In 1714 he subscribed for Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy. He used the Term Catalogues fairly regularly.

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

WYATT (or WYAT), JOHN. Described by Dunton as "an ingenious bookseller." He was originally apprenticed to Robert Robinson, and then set up on his own account at the Golden Lion in St. Paul's Churchyard in 1690. He was still here in 1701, but shortly after tie moved to the Rose, nearby. Plomer conjectures that he quitted publishing about 1720. An extensive list of his books is to be found appended to Theophilus Dorrington's 'Observations Concerning the Present State of Religion,' which Wyatt issued in 1699.

—Frederick T. Wood, 24 October 1931

 

WYATT JOHN. According to his entries in Arber's 'Term Catalogues.' Wyatt moved from the Golden Lion in St. Paul's Churchyard to the Rose hard by in 1691. All his entries after that date were at the latter address. The last one noted is 1727. The stock of "John Wyatt, deceased," was sold by auction on 19 Feb., 1733.

—Ambrose Heal, 19 December 1931