found: Calonne, M. de. Abridgment of the memorial addressed to the King of France, 1787:imprint on t.p. (P. Elmsley, Strand)
found: Ellis, J. The natural history of many curious and uncommon zoophytes, 1786:imprint on t.p. (Peter Elmsly)
found: Dalrymple, A. A full and clear proof that Spaniards can have no claim to Balambangan, 1774:imprint on t.p. (P. Elmsly, in the Strand)
found: Bailly, Jean Sylvain. Lettres sur l'origine des sciences, 1777:title page (A Londres : Chez M. Elmesly ; Et a Paris : Chez les freres Debure)
found: Plomer, H.R. Dict. of the printers and booksellers 1726-1775, 1932(Elmsley, Peter, bookseller and publisher in London, facing Southampton Street, Strand, 1770-6; d. May 3, 1802, aged 67)
found: Gentleman's magazine, May 1802, via HathiTrust, November 6, 2013:page (obituary: [died, May 3] at Brighthelmstone [Brighton] in the 67th year of his age, Peter Elmsly, esq., of Sloane-Street; a native of Aberdeenshire, and formerly a bookseller in the Strand; fine stylist in English and French)
found: Maxted, Ian. Exeter working papers in book history. The London book trades 1775-1800, via WWW, November 6, 2013(Elmsley, Peter, bookseller, Strand 1767-1802; Sloane Street, 1802; trading alone 1768-1797; as Elmsley and Bremner 1797-1802; born 1736, Aberdeenshire; died 3 May 1802 at Brighton in 67th year; importer of foreign books, often described as a French bookseller) - http://bookhistory.blogspot.com/2007/01/london-1775-1800-e.html found: DNB, via Oxford DNB, November 6, 2013(Elmsley or Elmsly, Peter (1736-1802), bookseller, born in Aberdeenshire in 1736; died at Brighton, 3 May 1802, in his 67th year)
found: Oxford DNB, November 6, 2013(Elmsley, Peter (1735/6-1802), bookseller; born in Aberdeenshire; partner with the bookseller Paul Vaillant, whose family had conducted a foreign bookselling business in the Strand, London, opposite Southampton Street, since 1686, but from 1768 Elmsley was trading there alone (from 1778 his address was 87 Strand); principally involved in importing foreign books and often described as a French bookseller; in 1797 Elmsley gave up his business to his shopman, David Bremmer; died at Brighthelmstone (Brighton) on 3 May 1802, in his 67th year)
found: VIAF, November 6, 2013:VIAF ID: 74082943 (Elmsley, Peter, 1736-1802: NUKAT Center (Poland), SUDOC (France), Bibliothèque nationale de France, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek; Elmsley, Peter, fl. 1736-1802: Biblioteca Nacional de España) VIAF ID: 14669824 (Elmsley, Peter, 1734 or 1735-1802: LC/NAF)
