Record Number: 3453
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[Annotation NOT in Cunningham's hand (unidentified)]: above the sentence 'Jacob Tonson is the first bookseller of any note we can treat of': 'bio. Prin & Shepherd'.
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lives of the most Eminent Booksellers: Jacob Tonson
Genre:Biography, Publishing history
Form of Text:Manuscript: Pamphlet
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Source Information:
Record ID:3453
Source:Manuscript
Author:Peter Cunningham
Title:Cunningham's Lives of Eminent Booksellers
Location:National Library of Scotland
Call No:John Murray Archive, MS. 42150 (430E)
Page/Folio:1
Additional Information:
This source is the first page of Cunningham's MS, a working copy with annotations in his hand and others. Identified by 'Tonson, Jacob' at top LH corner of first page.
Citation:
Peter Cunningham, Cunningham's Lives of Eminent Booksellers, National Library of Scotland, John Murray Archive, MS. 42150 (430E), 1, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3453, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
The NLS was, at the time of writing, in the process of recataloguing the John Murray archive. MS call numbers should therefore be carefully checked at source. This pamphlet is in a folder in the John Murray Archive, of Cunningham's working notes.
