Lavenu, L. (Lewis), -1818

found: Grove music online WWW site, April 10, 2014(under Lavenu: Lewis Lavenu; died Aug. 17, 1818, London; flautist, music publisher in London from early 1796; from 1802 to 1808 Lavenu was in partnership with Charles Mitchell, the firm being known as Lavenu & Mitchell; at Lavenu's death his widow Elizabeth Lavenu succeeded to the business. She married the violinist Nicolas Mori in 1826, and the firm continued as Mori & Lavenu from about 1827)

found: OCLC, April 11, 2014(access points: Lavenu, L. (Lewis), -1818; Lavenu, L.; Lavenu, Lewis; Lavenu, Lewis, active approximately 1796-1819; Lavenu, Lewis, active 1796-1819; usage: L. Lavenu)

found: The London Gazette, May 2, 1818:page 793 (Pursuant to an Order of the Lord High Chancellor, made in the matter of Lewis Augustus Lavenu, a lunatic, the creditors of the said Lavenu of New Bond Street, in the County of Middlesex, music-seller, are forthwith to come in and prove their debts before the High Court of Chancery, or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said order ...)

[Do no confuse with his stepson, Louis Henry Lavenu (born 1818, London, died Aug. 1, 1859, Sydney) also often abbreviated as L. Lavenu.]