Details for: PHILLIPS, Richard

Name: PHILLIPS, Richard County: Leicestershire Town: Leicester Address(es): Coal Hill (1791-4). Gallowtree Gt (1794) Book Trades: Bookseller, Newspaper proprietor, Printer, Librarian/owner of circulating library, Pamphlet seller, Music seller Non-Book Trade: Music (piano seller), Financial services (Canal Shares seller), Pharmacy/medicine (Patent medicine seller) Trading Dates: 1790 - 1795 Biographical Dates: 1767 (date of birth) - 1840 (date of death) Notes: Publisher of Herald etc; Imprisoned 1793-5? To Ldn 1795. Sources: Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce & Manufacture (1791/98) Extra source information - 1791/1794 Weston, Richard, The Leicester Directory (Loughborough, 1794) Harris, Michael, 'Review Article: Astrology, Almanacks and Booksellers', in Publishing History 8 (1980), pp87-104.

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