Sketches of Booksellers of Other Days
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" I do not think he ever did so stand. He should more properly be called a printer. He was brought up as a printer ; he became a printer of books, and doubtless his name appears on the title-page of many books. His first book of " Familiar Letters " l having been suggested to 1 This volume of "Familiar Letters" seems to have been published at first anonymously, and it was not till after the author's death that his name appears on the title-page. It is not included in the Bibliography given by M...rs. Thomson at the end of her work, but she men- tions it as preceding " Pamela. " SAMUEL RICHARDSON 51 him by Rivington and Osborne, probably bears their imprint. His other books would doubtless bear his own name ; indeed, his own name on a title-page as the publisher came to be regarded as a great honour. Thus Dr. Edward Young, who was an enthusiastic admirer, wrote : " Sup- pose on the title-page of ' The Night Thoughts ' you should say, ' Published by the Author of ' Clarissa. ' " The term " publisher " was rarely used in those days the word "bookseller" being generally adopted and in that sense Richardson was one.
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" I do not think he ever did so stand. He should more properly be called a printer. He was brought up as a printer ; he became a printer of books, and doubtless his name appears on the title-page of many books. His first book of " Familiar Letters " l having been suggested to 1 This volume of "Familiar Letters" seems to have been published at first anonymously, and it was not till after the author's death that his name appears on the title-page. It is not included in the Bibliography given by M...rs. Thomson at the end of her work, but she men- tions it as preceding " Pamela. " SAMUEL RICHARDSON 51 him by Rivington and Osborne, probably bears their imprint. His other books would doubtless bear his own name ; indeed, his own name on a title-page as the publisher came to be regarded as a great honour. Thus Dr. Edward Young, who was an enthusiastic admirer, wrote : " Sup- pose on the title-page of ' The Night Thoughts ' you should say, ' Published by the Author of ' Clarissa. ' " The term " publisher " was rarely used in those days the word "bookseller" being generally adopted and in that sense Richardson was one.
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