John Boosey

John Boosey was a bookseller in 18th century London. He stocked foreign-language titles and also ran a circulating library on King Street.[1][2] His son Thomas Boosey continued the business. The Boosey family remained in the publishing industry and in 1930 formed Boosey & Hawkes, music publisher.[3][4]

See also

• Book trade in the United Kingdom

References

1. Simon Burrows (2000). French Exile Journalism and European Politics, 1792-1814. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 67+. ISBN 978-0-86193-249-8.
2. Ian Maxted (2007), "Checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's Obituary", London book trades, 1735-1775, Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History
3. Christopher Hibbert; et al. (2011). "Regent Street". London Encyclopaedia (3rd ed.). Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-73878-2.
4. Don Michael Randel (1996). "Thomas Boosey". Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.

Further reading

• A New Catalogue of the Circulating Library at No. 39, King Street, Cheapside. London: John Boosey. 1787.