S is for Second-generation Bookseller
By WITHERS, Edward , 1737
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Ew.d Withers Bookseller... Sells Variety of Books in all facultys & Sciences &c.

Ephemera
  • Author: WITHERS, Edward
  • Publication place: [London]
  • Publisher: at the Seven Stars over ag.st Chancery Lane Fleet Street
  • Publication date: 1737-1757
  • Physical description: Engraved trade card, trimmed to left of image.
  • Dimensions: 100 by 65mm. (4 by 2.5 inches).
  • Inventory reference: 17842

Notes

Edward Withers’s obituary in ‘The Temple Church’ for 1757, reveals that he was a second-generation bookseller, having inherited his business from his father, of the same name. They seem to have published mostly books of religious commentary.

Bibliography

  1. BM Heal 17.180

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