Joshua Kirton Explained

Joshua Kirton was an English bookseller and publisher, responsible (sometimes with Thomas Warren) for the dissemination of a number of important works in the seventeenth century, including Francis Godwin's The Man in the Moone. His London business in Paul's Churchyard^[1] was destroyed in the 1666 Great Fire of London.^[2]

Kirton's notable clients included Samuel Pepys.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Pepys, Samuel. The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. 10: Companion. 13 September 2012. 2001. U of California P. 9780520227156. 35–36.
2. Book: Roberts, Julian. John Barnard. D.F. McKenzie. The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain. https://books.google.com/books?id=JadSMrXPraMC&pg=PA165. 13 September 2012. 2002. Cambridge UP. 9780521661829. 141–88. The Latin Trade.