Holding page: London Book Trade

The Bodleian Libraries have taken The London Book Trade resource offline as a cybersecurity precaution.

We understand how disruptive this has been to the many scholars and communities who use this resource and apologise for any inconvenience.

Find out more about the background to this decision.

The original data has been transferred to the Bibliographic Society who will look to make this available in due course.

A static version of the site is available via the Bodleian Web Archive.

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About the Project

The London Book Trades: - a biographical and documentary resource

The London Book Trades project was built by Michael L. Turner (d. 2017) from a database designed to contain biographical information on printers, booksellers, bookbinders, stationers, and those in associated trades who worked in and around London from the introduction of printing into England until about the year 1830. There LBT had entries for something over thirty thousand individuals, about two thirds of whom had been derived from the archives of the Stationers' Company.

Acknowledgements

The Bodleian Library, Oxford University - for support to Michael L.Turner over the years, and especially to a series of colleagues who have given particular assistance with technical help.
Dr. Christine Ferdinand - post-doctoral fellow under the Leverhulme grant, who worked solidly on the project for two years and has continued to support the project throughout her career.
Professor J. A. Lavin - for generously allowing the project access to and use of his unpublished work.
The Leverhulme Trust - for providing a grant to employ a post-doctoral fellow to work on the project for two years.
Professor Donald F. McKenzie
Robin Myers - formerly the Hon. Archivist to the Stationers' Company, for her ever- willing support and help in providing access to the records under her care.
Graham Pollard
Esther Potter - for her support, particularly on working through the Jaffray Manuscripts in the British Library to provide information on early nineteenth century bookbinders.
The Stationers' Company - for its enlightened attitude in making its recoreds available to generations of researchers.
Florence Treadwell - for her generosity and support in providing access to Michael Treadwell's papers.
Professor Michael Treadwell

We are grateful to the following who have contributed information on particular individuals:

Date when website was withdrawn:
29 November 2024