Charles Brome (fl. 1684–1711)
Charles Brome, bookseller and publisher (1684–1711) at the Gun in St. Paul's Churchyard; at the West End of St. Paul's Churchyard; at the West End of St. Paul's in Ludgate Street.
A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)
BROME (CHARLES), bookseller in London, (a) Gun, St. Paul's Churchyard, (b) at the West End of St. Paul's Churchyard, (c) at the West End of St. Paul's in Ludgate Street. 1684–1711. Possibly son of Henry Brome. He succeeded Joanna Brome, the widow of Henry, at the Gun, in 1684. From this time until 1711, his name is constantly in the Term Catalogues, and he was a publisher of all kinds of literature. He is last heard of in the following advertisement in the Daily Courant of January 2nd, 1711 [i.e. 1710/11]: "The four following Books printed for C. Brome at the Gun, the West end of St. Paul's Church: (i) The Compleat Gamster; (2) Geographical Cards on Copper plates; (3) The Presbyterians, Anabaptists, Independents, Quakers, &c., lively represented on a copper cutt; (4) The Dissenters sayings in their own words."
Notes & Queries "London Booksellers Series" (1931–2)
BROME, CHARLES. Of the Gun, in Ludgate Street. He was the son of L'Estrange's printer. He was already established as a bookseller in 1700, and on April 1, 1701, published 'A Geographical Dictionary by Mr. Bohun, Continued by J. A. Bernard.' He is last heard of in 1711.
—Frederick T. Wood, 25 July 1931