246 Pages
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Routledge
246 Pages
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Routledge
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William Strahan was one of the leading figures in the book trade of the eighteenth century. As King’s Printer, a member of Parliament and the owner of the greatest printing house in London, he stood at the head of his craft: in addition to his long friendship and business connection with Johnson, he was the publisher of Gibbon, Adam Smith, Hume and Robertson. His intimacy with Benjamin Franklin... Read more
Preface. Acknowledgements 1. Apprentice to Master 2. Printing in the Eighteenth Century 3. The Dictionary 4. The Trade 5. David Hume 6. David Hall and America 7. Family Life 8. The Franklins: Warburton 9. King’s Printer 10. Johnson 11. Books and Authors 12. Domestic Politics 13. American Affairs 14. The Inheritance. Appendix: A Parliamentary Report. Index.
Biography
James Aiken ‘Peter’ Cochrane (1919–2015) had been, at the time of original publication, a partner in the publishing house of Chatto and Windus before joining the board of the book-printing company, Butler and Tanner where he worked until his retirement in 1979.
