Difference between revisions of "MRP: St. Paul's Churchyard booksellers"
From MarineLives
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
=St. Paul's Churchyard booksellers= | =St. Paul's Churchyard booksellers= | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''THIS ENTRY IS IN PREPARATION''' | ||
"''I am not to forget the vast Number of Booksellers Shops I have observed in London; for besides those who are set up here and there in the City, they have their particular Quarters, such as St. Paul's-Church-Yard and Little-Brittain, where there is twice as many as in the Rue Saint Jacque in Paris, and who have each of them Two or Three Ware-houses''"<ref>Samuel Sorbière, ''A voyage to England: containing many things relating to the state of learning, religion, and other curiosities of that kingdom'' (London, 1709), p. 16</ref> | "''I am not to forget the vast Number of Booksellers Shops I have observed in London; for besides those who are set up here and there in the City, they have their particular Quarters, such as St. Paul's-Church-Yard and Little-Brittain, where there is twice as many as in the Rue Saint Jacque in Paris, and who have each of them Two or Three Ware-houses''"<ref>Samuel Sorbière, ''A voyage to England: containing many things relating to the state of learning, religion, and other curiosities of that kingdom'' (London, 1709), p. 16</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:57, October 7, 2011
St. Paul's Churchyard booksellers
THIS ENTRY IS IN PREPARATION
"I am not to forget the vast Number of Booksellers Shops I have observed in London; for besides those who are set up here and there in the City, they have their particular Quarters, such as St. Paul's-Church-Yard and Little-Brittain, where there is twice as many as in the Rue Saint Jacque in Paris, and who have each of them Two or Three Ware-houses"[1]
Sources
- ↑ Samuel Sorbière, A voyage to England: containing many things relating to the state of learning, religion, and other curiosities of that kingdom (London, 1709), p. 16
