William Whitwood (fl. 1666–1699)
William Whitwood, bookseller at the Swan in Duck Lane; at the Golden Lion in Duck Lane, next Smithfield; at the Golden Bell in Duck Lane; at the Middle Exchange in the Strand; next to the Cross Keys in the Strand, near Ivy Bridge; next to the George Inn, Little Britain; at the Angel and Bible, near the George Inn, Little Britain; next to the Bible in Duck Lane; at the Golden Dragon, next door to the Crown Tavern in Duck Lane, near West Smithfield; at the Rose and Crown, Little Britain.
A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667, by Henry Plomer (1907)
WHITWOOD (WILLIAM), bookseller in London; Swan, Duck Lane, 1666–7. Dealer in ballads and broadsides.
A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)
WHITWOOD (WILLIAM), bookseller in London, (i) Swan, Duck Lane; (2) Golden Lion, Duck Lane, next Smithfield; (3) Golden Bell, Duck Lane; (4) Middle Exchange, Strand; (5) next the Cross Keys, Strand, near Ivy Bridge; (6) next the George Inn, Little Britain; (7) Angel and Bible, near the George Inn, Little Britain; (8) next to the Bible, Duck Lane; (9) Golden Dragon, next door to the Crown Tavern, Duck Lane, near West Smithfield; (10) Rose and Crown, Little Britain. 1666–99. This bookseller, who started business in 1666 and was therefore only briefly noticed in the Dictionary, 1641–67 (q.v.), was chiefly remarkable for the number of times in which he changed his place of business. He was at the Golden Bell in 1676, and in 1680 had moved into the Strand, where he published Richard Izacke's Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter. [T.C. 1. 419.] In 1682 he was back in Little Britain, and his last entry in the Term Catalogues shows that between 1697 and 1699 he once more altered his sign to the Rose and Crown. He was a miscellaneous and prolific publisher and used the Term Catalogues freely. Dunton [p. 292] calls him "rolling and honest Whitwood", a phrase which may imply that he was a "rolling printer", i.e. a printer of engravings, but which may merely allude to his constant removals, though some of his addresses given above probably refer to the same house.