Trader Details

Details for: BOHN, John

Name: BOHN, John
County: London
Town: London
Address(es): 31 Frith St, Soho. 17 Henrietta St. 12 King William St, Strand. 66 St James St
Book Trades: Bookbinder, Bookseller, Publisher, Bookseller (music)
Non-Book Trade: Not known
Trading Dates: 1795 - 1843
Biographical Dates: 1757 (date of birth) - 1843 (date of death)
Notes: English & foreign BS. Born in Germany, came to London 1790. Noted in Kelly three years after death.
Sources:
  • Howe, Ellic, A List of London Bookbinders 1648-1815 (London, 1950)
  • Brown, Philip A.H., London Publishers and Printers c. 1800-1870 (London, 1982)
  • Kassler, Jamie Croy, The Science of Music in Britain, 1714-1839: a catalogue of writings, lectures and inventions (New York & London, 1979), 2 vols.
  • Pigot, James & Slater, Isaac, Commercial Directory and London & Provincial New Commercial Directory, covering various parts of the country and issued:
      1814, 1816, 1818 and 1819
      1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825 and 1826
      1827, 1828, 1829 and 1830
     1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839 and 1840
      1841, 1842, 1844, 1846 and 1847
      1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1854 and 1855
    For fuller transcriptions of titles see Norton, Jane E., Guide to the National and Provincial Directories of England and Wales, excluding London, published before 1856 (London, 1950)
  • Extra source information - 39
  • Kelly's Post Office Directory of various counties with date
  • Extra source information - 1846


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