Benjamin Sprint (d. 1737)
Benjamin Sprint, bookseller at the Blue Bell in Little Britain (1709–37).
A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)
SPRINT (BENJAMIN), bookseller in London, Blue Bell, Little Britain, 1709–37. Son of Samuel Sprint, who left him half his books, bound and unbound, and half his copyrights, desiring him to continue with his brother John; he was in the business by 1709, and the brothers were in partnership till 1727 at least, when they issued the fourth edition of the Works of Scarron. [Esdaile, p. 301.] Benjamin Sprint died September 20th, 1737. [Timperley, p. 660.]
Notes & Queries "London Booksellers Series" (1931–2)
SPRINT, BENJAMIN and JOHN. Two brothers, and sons of Samuel Sprint, who left them his stock on his death in 1707. They continued the business at the Blue Bell in Little Britain till 1727 or a little after. Benjamin died on Sept. 20, 1737. Of John, Dunton declared, "he is the handsomest man in the Stationers' Company."
—Frederick T. Wood, 17 October 1931
SPRINT, JOHN and BENJAMIN. John was in business at the Bell (or Blue Bell), in Little Britain considerably before the death of his father, Samuel Sprint in 1707. The earliest imprint that I have noted of John Sprint is of 1697. He was joined by his brother Benjamin in 1709. John seems to have died about 1731, for on 1 March of that year the stock of "John Sprint, deceased" was sold by auction. The stock of "Benjamin Sprint deceased" was sold, 11 April, 1738.
—Ambrose Heal, 5 December 1931