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Alphabetical listing of booksellers/dealers who are known to have sold copies of our books. Arranged in one list of both individuals and firms (individuals listed in surname order).

A

Andrews, Richard George (fl. late 19th century)
Bookseller: 8 Red Lion Passage, London.

An-y.9

Arthur, Thomas (fl. 1856-1876)
Bookseller.4 5 Booksellers' Row, The Strand, London; succeeded by William Ridler.

An-y.4; BD7-c.6; BD7-d.11; BD7-d.14; BD7-d.19; BD7-e.1; BD7-e.2; BD7-e.16; BD7-e.17; BD7-f.13 (item 1); BD7-f.13 (item 2); BD7-f.13 (item 3); BD7-f.13 (item 4); BD9-b.5; BD9-c.7; BD9-d.5; BD9-d.12; BD9-d.14; BD9-e.6; Dp-e.4; T.C.L. f1; T.C.L. f3; T.C.L. f9

Asher & Co.
Booksellers, Berlin & London

BD9-b.1; BD15-a.26; BD15-c.25; BD15-i.20

B

Baer, Joseph, & Co.
Booksellers, Frankfurt

Ai-a.17

Barry, John (fl. 1778)
Bookseller, Glasgow

Bk7-e.11; Bn7-b.4

Bauermeister, Friedrich (fl. 1860-1917)
Bookseller, Glasgow

RCPSG: Bookstore BAR

Bocca, Carlo (19th century)
Bookseller, Turin

BD9-d.11

Bocca, Charles -- see Bocca, Carlo

Bohn, Henry George (1796-1884)
Bookseller, 17 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London

BD7-f.9;

Bohn, John Henry (ca. 1757-1843)
Bookseller, London

BC4-c.21 (item 2); BC4-c.21 (item 3); BD9-e.2

Braidwood, James (fl. 1836-78)
Bookseller, 26 George Street, Edinburgh

167515; 167516

Breslauer & Meyer
Booksellers, 134 Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin

Al-a.6; An-y.35

Brown (fl. 1852)
Bookseller

Dn-a.3-5

Bumstead, George (fl. 1850s)
Bookseller, London

An-y.24

C

Chatto, Thomas -- see Pickering & Chatto

Claudin, Anatole (1833-1906)
Bookseller, Paris

Af-a.45; Af-b.54; Al-b.54; An-y.1

Cohn, Albert (1827-1905)
Bookseller, Berlin

Ah-b.26; An-y.12

D

Darling, James (1797-1862)
Bookseller and bibliographer, London

BD9-d.1

Dessain, Jean-Baptiste (1730-1782)
Bookseller, Paris; acted as William Hunter’s agent at the sales in Paris of the libraries of the Duc de la Vallière (1767) and of Louis Jean Gaignat (1769); manuscript correspondence (“Dessain-Hunter correspondence”) relating to Dessain’s purchases for Hunter at these sales preserved in University of Glasgow Library (MS Gen. 36).

Be.1.4; Be.1.6; Be.1.7; Be.1.11; Be.1.14; Be.2.3; Be.2.4; Be.2.5; Be.2.6; Be.2.12; Be.2.14; Be.2.15; Be.2.16; Be.2.17; Be.3.5; Be.3.6; Be.3.7, 8; Be.3.9 (item 1) & Be.3.9 (item 2); Be.3.10; Be.3.12; Be.3.14 (item 1); Be.3.14 (item 2); Be.3.16 (item 1); Be.3.16 (item 2); Be.3.16 (item 3); Be.3.18; Be.3.19; Be.3.20; Be.3.22; Be.3.23 (item 1); Be.3.23 (item 2); Be.3.24; Be.3.26; Bf.1.1; Bf.1.2; Bf.1.3; Bf.1.4; Bf.1.5; Bf.1.6; Bf.1.9; Bf.1.10; Bf.1.12; Bf.1.13; Bf.1.15; Bf.1.16; Bf.1.17; Bf.1.18; Bf.2.4; Bf.2.5; Bf.2.6; Bf.2.7; Bf.2.8; Bf.2.11; Bf.2.13; Bf.2.14; Bf.3.2; Bf.3.11; Bg.1.4; Bg.1.5; Bg.1.7; Bg.1.8; Bg.1.9; Bg.1.10; Bg.1.11; Bg.2.6; Bg.2.7; Bg.2.8; Bg.2.9; Bg.2.10; Bg.2.11; Bg.2.12; Bg.2.17, 18; Bg.2.19; Bg.2.20 (item 1); Bg.2.20 (item 2); Bg.2.20 (item 3); Bg.2.21; Bg.2.22; Bg.2.25; Bg.2.26; Bg.2.27; Bg.3.22; Bh.2.4; Bh.2.5; Bh.2.6; Bh.2.7, 8; Bh.2.9; Bh.2.11 (item 1); Bh.2.11 (item 2); Bh2.11 (item 3); Bh.2.11 (item 4); Bv.1.5 (2nd copy, no longer in Hunterian Library); Bv.1.7; Bv.1.9; Bv.1.10, 11; Bw.1.7; Bw.1.8-9; Bw.1.10; Bw.1.11; Bw.2.7; Bw.2.8; Bw.2.9; Bw.2.10; Bw.2.11; Bw.2.12; Bw.2.16; Bw.2.17; Bw.2.18; Bw.2.19; Bw.2.20; Bw.2.22; Bw.2.24; Bw.3.15; Bw.3.16; Bw.3.17; Bw.3.18; Bw.3.19; Bw.3.20; Bw.3.23; Bw.3.26; Bw.3.27; Bx.1.5 (2 copies); Bx.1.6; Bx.1.7; Bx.1.8; Bx.1.9; Bx.1.11; Bx.1.12; Bx.2.3 (plus 2nd copy, no longer in Hunterian Library); Bx.2.4; Bx.2.7; Bx.2.10; Bx.2.12; Bx.2.13; Bx.2.19; Bx.2.21; Bx.3.4; Bx.3.8; Bx.3.12 (item 1); Bx.3.12 (item 2); Bx.3.12 (item 3); Bx.3.13; Bx.3.18; Bx.3.20; Bx.3.25; Bx.3.28; Bx.3.29; Bx.3.30; Bx.3.31 (item 1); Bx.3.31 (item 2); Bx.3.31 (item 3); Bx.3.31 (item 4); Bx.3.31 (item 5); Bx.3.33; Bx.3.36; By.1.1; By.1.3 (plus 2nd copy, no longer in Hunterian Library); By.1.4; By.1.5; By.1.6; By.1.7; By.1.9, 10; By.1.12, 13; By.2.3; By.2.4; By.2.5; By.2.9 (2nd copy, no longer in Hunterian Library); By.2.12; By.2.13; By.2.16; By.2.18; By.3.3; By.3.7; By.3.9; By.3.10; By.3.11 (item 1); By.3.11 (item 2); By.3.11 (item 3); By.3.11 (item 4); By.3.12; By.3.17; By.3.24 (item 1) & By.3.24 (item 2); By.3.25; By.3.26 (item 1); By.3.26 (item 2); By.3.27; By.3.34; By.3.36; Ds.2.5

Dorbon, Lucien (late 19th/early 20th century)
Bookseller, Paris

Ah-f.55

E

Edwards, Francis (19th Century)
Bookseller, London (firm founded 1855)

An-y.26

Edwards, James (1757-1816)
Bookseller and auctioneer, Halifax and London (see ODNB)

An-y.30

Ellis & Elvey
Booksellers, 29 New Bond Street, London

Ag-y.8; Ag-y.9; Al-a.71; An-y.30; BD9-a.12

F

Faulder, Robert (1747-1815)
Bookseller, New Bond Street, London

167505

Foulis, Robert (1707-1776) and Foulis, Andrew (1712-1775)
Printers and booksellers, Glasgow

Bh3-e.13 (item 1); Bh3-e.13 (item 2); Bh3-e.13 (item 3); Bh7-b.8; Bh8-d.4; Bh9-d.9 (item 1) & Bh9-d.9 (item 2); Bi2-b.4; Bl9-g.15, 16; Bl10-c.11; Bl10-d.10

G

Gourlay, Robert (fl. 1839)
Bookseller and stationer, 85 Main Street, Anderston, Glasgow

167503

H

Hodgson & Co.
Booksellers, London

An-y.34

Hopkins, Hugh (b. 1831)
Bookseller, Glasgow

Al-c.7; Al-c.9

J

Johnston, George Pyper (d. 1938)
Bibliographer and bookseller, 33 George Street, Edinburgh

Ag.y.21; Ai-a.11; Mu50-e.33

Joseph Baer & Co. -- see Baer, Joseph, & Co.

K

Kerslake, Thomas (1812-1891)
Bookseller, Bristol

167513

Knight, Edward (fl. 1857-1874)
Bookseller, 3 Union Street, Union Square, Islington, London (address cited in letter to William Euing dated 1866: MS Euing 32/5)

167504; BD1-c.41; BD2-f.20 (item 1); BD2-f.20 (item 2); BD7-b.17; BD7-c.2; BD7-c.14; BD7-d.7; BD7-d.8; BD7-d.10; BD7-d.15; BD7-d.23; BD7-e.5; BD7-e.7; BD7-e.8; BD7-e.9; BD7-f.18; BD9-a.1; BD9-d.15; BD9-e.10; BD9-e.19; BD12-a.11; Df-b.28; E.c.43; E.c.44; E.c.63; T.C.L. 451

L

Laing, William (1764-1832)
Edinburgh bookseller

BC33-d.8 (item 1); BC33-d.8 (item 2); BC33-d.8 (item 3); BC33-d.8 (item 4); BC33-d.8 (item 5); BC33-d.8 (item 6); BC33-d.8 (item 7); BC33-d.8 (item 8)

Leclerc, Henri (fl. early 20th century)
Bookseller, Paris

Ai-a.26 (item 1); Ai-a.26 (item 2); Ai-a.26 (item 3)

Lilly, Joseph (1804-1870)
Bookseller, 19 King St., Covent Garden, London

167502; BD7-b.4; BD9-d.11; BD9-e.4; BD12-a.12

Los-Rios, Jean-François de -- see Los-Rios, François de

Los-Rios, François de (1727-1820)
Bookseller in Lyon

Bx.3.14

M

MacLehose, James J. (1857-1943)
Bookseller and publisher, Glasgow

Ag-b.12; Ag-f.18

Maggs Brothers Ltd.
Booksellers, London, established 1855

An-y.31

Maurice Ogle & Son -- see Ogle, Maurice, & Son

Molini, Peter (fl. 1770-1804?)
Bookseller, London (Molini was William Hunter's agent at the Brancas de Lauraguais sale, 1770 (and other sales); details of items secured and prices paid are contained in Molini’s bill to Hunter (Hunter Papers H214))

Be.1.10; Be.1.12 (item 1) & Be.1.12 (item 2); Be.2.8 (item 1); Be.2.8 (item 2); Be.3.11; Be.3.17 (2nd copy, no longer in Hunterian Library); Bf.2.12; Bf.3.1 (?); Bf.3.9; Bf.3.15 (item 1); Bf.3.15 (item 2); Bf.3.19; Bg.1.4 (2nd copy, no longer in Hunterian Library); Bh.2.12; Bw.3.30; Bx.2.6; Bx.2.11 (item 1); Bx.2.11 (item 2); Bx.2.11 (item 3); Bx.3.34; Bx.3.35; By.2.11; By.2.19; By.3.2; By.3.20 (item 1); By.3.20 (item 2); By.3.22; By.3.28; By.3.30; By.3.35

N

Nattali and Bond (2nd half of 19th century)
Publishers and booksellers, Covent Garden, London

BD12-a.8

Nicol, George (1740?-1828)
Bookseller and publisher, London (see ODNB)

Bg.1.12; Bx.3.2

Nock, Samuel & Benjamin (mid 19th century)
Booksellers, 16, Bloomsbury Street, London

RCPSG: Bookstore BER

O

Ogle, Maurice, & Son (1832-1871)
Booksellers, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow

167502; 167505; 167509; 167530; BD7-b.13; BD7-d.21; BD9-d.1; BD9-d.13; BD12-a.7

Olschki, Leo Samuel (1861-1940)
Bookseller, Verona, Venice, Florence

Ak-x.24; An-y.11; Mu38-c.17

Osborne, Thomas (d. 1767)
Bookseller (see ODNB)

Be.1.2, 3; Be.1.5; Be.1.7; Be.1.14; Be.2.2; Be.2.9; Be.2.11; Be.2.19; Be.2.20; Be.3.4; Be.3.21; Be.3.25; Be.3.27; Bf.1.7, 8; Bf.2.1; Bf.2.9; Bf.2.10; Bf.2.15 (item 1); Bf.2.15 (item 2); Bf.2.15 (item 3); Bf.2.16 (probable); Bf.3.3; Bf.3.4; Bf.3.5; Bf.3.6, 7; Bg.1.6; Bg.2.24; Bv.1.1; Bv.1.2; Bv.1.3; Bv.1.4; Bv.2.16; Bv.2.19 (item 1); Bv.2.19 (item 2); Bv.2.21; Bv.2.24; Bw.1.2, 3; Bw.1.6; Bw.2.3; Bw.2.4; Bw.2.6; Bw.2.13; Bw.2.14, 15; Bw.3.1 (item 1); Bw.3.1 (item 2); Bx.2.9; Bx.2.16; Bx.2.17; Bx.2.18; Bx.2.20; Bx.3.27(?); By.2.7; By.2.10; By.2.15; Cm.1.4; Ds.2.6-7

P

Palmer, Ebenezer (19th century)
Bookseller, 18, Paternoster Row, London

BD15-g.18; Dp-e.6

Payne, Thomas, the Younger (1752-1831)
Bookseller, London

Euing Add. f45

Pearson, John (late 19th century)
Private bookseller, 38 Sussex Street, Pimlico, London

BD9-a.2; BD9-e.12

Petheram, John (1807-1858)
Antiquary, publisher and bookseller in London; see ODNB.

BD7-b.10; BD9-a.4; BD9-d.9 (item 1); BD9-d.9 (item 2); BD12-a.5; Dq-c.11; T.C.L. f10, 11

Pickering & Chatto
Booksellers and publishers, London (firm founded in 1820 by William Pickering, continued by his son, Basil Montagu Pickering, and purchased by Thomas Chatto in 1878)

157519; 167520; 167521; 167522; 167523; Af-y.33; Ah-y.8; Al-a.75; Al-b.45; An-y.17; BD7-c.3; BD7-f.12; BD9-a.5, 6; BD9-c.1; Mu50-e.33; T.C.L. e2

Piper, Edward (fl. 1843)
Bookseller

BD7-f.11; BD7-e.13

Q

Quaritch, Bernard (1819-1899)
Bookseller, London

Ag-y.22; Ah-a.25; Ah-a.29; Ah-a.30; Ai-a.22 (item 1) & Ai-a.22 (item 2); Al-b.47; An-x.20; An-y.14; An-y.17; An-y.25; An-y.41; Dq-b.10; E.1939.65.1430

R

Rappaport, Carl Ewald (firm founded 1906)
Bookseller, Rome

Ah-x.12

Reader, Arthur (active at end of 19th century)
Bookseller and publisher, London

Af-f.84 (tentative)

Ridler, William (fl. 1877-1904)
Bookseller, 45 Booksellers’ Row, The Strand, London; previously assistant to Thomas Arthur, 45 Booksellers’ Row, the Strand, London, q.v.

Ag-y.10; Al-a.23; An-y.41; Eg5-x.1; Mu16-d.43

Rosenthal, Jacques (1854-1937)
Bookseller, Munich

Ah-b.24; Ai-a.27; Ai-a.28; An-y.10

Rosenthal, Ludwig (1840-1928)
Bookseller, 16 Hildegardstrasse, Munich

An-e.21

S

Salkeld, John (1827-1908)
Bookseller, London

BD7-c.13; Mu11-y.1; Mu11-y.2

Sams, Joseph (1784-1860)
Bookseller, Darlington & London; see ODNB.

BD9-b.11; BD9-c.5; Dp-b.3

Samuel, J. (fl. 1855-1866)
Bookseller, 41 Great Randolph Street, Camden, London (see William Henry Hodson, 'Hodson’s booksellers, publishers and stationers’ directory for London and country', London: 1855)

BD1-d.4; BD7-b.11

Sotheran, Henry Cecil (1861-1928)
Bookseller, London

Ag-x.11

Stark, John Mozley (fl. 1851-1888)
Bookseller, stationer, printer, and publisher, Hull & London

167514; Ah-y.18; BD7-b.6; BD7-b.14; BD7-c.1 (item 1) & BD7-c.1 (item 2); BD7-c.8; BD7-d.22; BD9-a.8; BD9-a.11; BD9-b.6; BD9-c.4; BD15-i.23; Dr-d.6; Dt-d.14; T.C.L. 285

Stibbs, Edward (19th century)
Bookseller, London

An-e.20

Straker, William (fl. 1810-1854)
Bookseller, London

BD9-b.7; BD9-c.1; Dt-a.9; T.C.L. e2

Stuart, Robert (1812-1848)
Bookseller, 159 Ingram Street, Glasgow

167506; 167507; 167508

T

Tait, Charles Bertram (1800-1852)
Bookseller and auctioneer, Edinburgh: see 'Catalogue of the extensive and valuable private library ... of the late Mr. C.B. Tait ... which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. C.B. Tait & T. Nisbet ...' (Edinburgh: 1852).

BD9-a.9

Thorpe, Thomas (1791-1851)
Bookseller, London

167526; Al-b.17; BD7-c.12; BD7-d.21

Tregaskis, James (1850-1926)
Bookseller, London

Af-f.81; An-y.7; An-y.22; An-y.40

Triphook, Robert (1781/2-1868)
London bookseller

Ah-a.29