Jacob Tonson — Jacob Tonson, sometimes referred to as Jacob Tonson the elder (1655/6–1736) was an 18th century English bookseller and publisher.Tonson published editions of John Dryden and John Milton, and is best known for having obtained a copyright on the… … Wikipedia
Jacob Tonson — Portrait de Jacob Tonson par Godfrey Kneller, vers 1720. Jacob Tonson (1655/6 – 1736), quelquefois appelé Jacob Tonson the elder, était un libraire et un éditeur anglais du XVIIIe siècle. Il est surtout connu pour avoir détenu les dro … Wikipédia en Français
Tonson — was the name of a family of London booksellers and publishers in the 17th and 18th centuries.Richard and Jacob Tonson (c. 1656 1736), sons of a London barber surgeon, started in 1676 and 1677 independently as booksellers and publishers in London … Wikipedia
Dryden, John — born Aug. 9, 1631, Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, Eng. died May 1, 1700, London British poet, dramatist, and literary critic. The son of a country gentleman, Dryden was educated at the University of Cambridge. His poetry celebrating the Restoration … Universalium
publishing, history of — Introduction an account of the selection, preparation, and marketing of printed matter from its origins in ancient times to the present. The activity has grown from small beginnings into a vast and complex industry responsible for the… … Universalium
Pope, Alexander — born May 21, 1688, London, Eng. died May 30, 1744, Twickenham, near London English poet and satirist. A precocious boy precluded from formal education by his Roman Catholicism, Pope was mainly self educated. A deformity of the spine and other… … Universalium
Barnaby Bernard Lintot — ( Lintott before 1724, usually referred to as Bernard and very rarely as Barnaby ) (December 1, 1675 February 9, 1736), English publisher, was born at Southwater, Sussex, and started business as a publisher in London about 1698. He was… … Wikipedia
Cardenio — The History of Cardenio is a lost play, known to have been performed by the King s Men, a London theatre company, in 1613. It was attributed to William Shakespeare and John Fletcher in 1653 in a Stationers Registry entry by the bookseller… … Wikipedia
Benjamin Motte — Benjamin Motte, (November 1693 12 March 1738J. J. Caudle Dictionary of National Biography ] ), was a London publisher and son of Benjamin Motte, Sr. Motte published many works and is well known for his publishing of Jonathan Swift s Gulliver s… … Wikipedia
The Plays of William Shakespeare — was an eighteenth century edition of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare, edited by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. Johnson announced his intention to edit Shakespeare s plays in his Miscellaneous Observations on Macbeth (1745), and a… … Wikipedia
