John Boosey Explained

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

See also

• Book trade in the United Kingdom

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon Burrows. French Exile Journalism and European Politics, 1792–1814. 2000. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. 978-0-86193-249-8 . 67 ff .
2. Book: Christopher Hibbert. London Encyclopaedia . 3rd . 2011. Pan Macmillan. 978-0-230-73878-2 . Regent Street . https://books.google.com/books?id=xa0D0PqiwfEC&pg=PA687 . etal.
3. Book: Don Michael Randel. Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. 1996. Harvard University Press. 978-0-674-37299-3. Thomas Boosey. https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA94.