Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736
Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736
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Tonson, I. (Iacob), 1656?-1736
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found: An account of Monsieur de Quesne's late expedition at Chio, 1683: imprint on t.p. (Jacob Tonson at the Judge's-Head in Chancery-Lane near Fleet-Street)
found: Plomer, H. Dict. of printers and booksellers, 1668-1725, 1922 (Tonson, Jacob, I, bookseller in London, (1) Judge's Head in Chancery Lane, near Fleet Street, 1678-98; (2) in Gray's Inn Gate, next Gray's Inn Lane, 1700-10; (3) Shakespeare's Head, opposite Catherine Street in the Strand, 1710-20; retired ca. 1720; d. 1737)
found: The British literary book trade, 1475-1700, c1996 (Tonson, Jacob, the Elder; fl. 1677-1718; printer and publisher of Milton and Shakespeare)
found: Cowley, A. The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley, 1684: v. 2, engraving opposite t.p. (London printed for ... I. Tonson in Fleetstreet 1681)
found: Jacob Tonson, publisher, 1968 t.p. (b. 1656, d. 1736)
found: Oxford DNB database, June 29, 2010: (buried 1 Apr. 1736)
Editorial Notes
- [Not to be confused with his nephew, Tonson, Jacob, d. 1735, also a London bookseller, active at the same address from 1718-1735. The uncle retired in favor of his nephew ca. 1720]
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1980-04-08: new
2010-06-29: revised
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