Trader Details

Details for: PHILLIPS, Richard Sir

Name: PHILLIPS, Richard Sir
County: London
Town: London
Address(es): 71/72 St Paul's Chyd (1801-2). 6/7 New Bridge St, Blackfriars (1805-11). 47 Ludgate Hill. Bridge Ct
Book Trades: Bookseller, Publisher, Author
Non-Book Trade: Not known
Trading Dates: 1797 - 1825
Biographical Dates: 1767 (date of birth) - 1840 (date of death)
Notes: Founded `Leicester Herald' in 1792. With aid of friend established `Monthly Magazine' in 1796. Published Antiquary's Magazine' in 1797; `Monthly Musical Magazine' in 1801. Mentioned in Sheffield Archives MD5708b
Sources:
  • Brown, Philip A.H., London Publishers and Printers c. 1800-1870 (London, 1982)
  • Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members (Folkestone, 1977)
    Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's 'Obituary' (Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History No.3, 1984)
  • Kassler, Jamie Croy, The Science of Music in Britain, 1714-1839: a catalogue of writings, lectures and inventions (New York & London, 1979), 2 vols.
  • Holden's Triennial Directory, 1802, 1803, & 1804, 3rd edn (London: W. Holden [1802])
  • Holden's Triennial Directory, 1805, 1806, & 1807, 4th edn (London: W. Holden [1805])
  • Miscellaneous sources, normally indicated by a note


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