George Conyers: a How-to Book Specialist in Early Modern London
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Much of my research on our ‘how-to’ project so far has concerned one person: the London bookseller George Conyers. Active between around 1682 and his death in 1740, through his long career Conyers occupied a rare position in the early modern English booktrade which makes him especially worthy of consideration for the student of how-to. He was one of the very few publishers who might legitimately be dubbed a how-to specialist. A c.1715 impression of John White’s Hocus Pocus, sold from Conyers...
Source: Hypotheses (OpenEdition)
DOI: 10.58079/13swt
Author: James Fox
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6917920308
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