Trader Details

Details for: BENSLEY, Thomas II

Name: BENSLEY, Thomas II
County: London
Town: London
Address(es): 2 Swan Yd, Strand (1775-85). 6 Bolt Ct, Fleet St (1785-1820). 9 Crane Ct, Fleet St (1824-35)
Book Trades: Printer, Publisher, Printer (music)
Non-Book Trade: Not known
Trading Dates: 1775 - 1835
Biographical Dates: 1775 (before) - 1835 (date of death)
Notes: Trading as Bensley & Son 1816-17; Bensley & Sons 1818-19
Sources:
  • Todd, William B., A Directory of printers and Others in Allied Trades: London and Vicinity, 1800-1840 (London, 1972)
  • Kassler, Jamie Croy, The Science of Music in Britain, 1714-1839: a catalogue of writings, lectures and inventions (New York & London, 1979), 2 vols.
  • 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)


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