Memoir of the York Press; with notices of authors, printers and stationers in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

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Reprinted 1988. Essays on individual printers working at York from 1497 to end of 18th century, with schedules of works printed by them. The printers are (the dates being when active in York): 'Frederick Freez' [pp7-8]; 'Gerard Freez' [pp8-15]; 'Hugo Goez' [pp15-9]; 'Ursyn Milner' [pp19-21]; 'John Gaschet [or Gachet]' [pp21-7]; 'the King's Printer at York' [pp38-55]; 'Stephen Bulkley, 1642-1646' [pp56-70];'Thomas Broad, 1644-1650' [pp71-88]; 'Alice Broad,1660-1667', presumed widow of Thomas [pp89-97]; 'Stephen Bulkley, 1662-1680', his second period of residence [pp98-104]; 'John Bulkley, 1684-1690', son of Stephen [pp105-6]; 'John White, 1680-1715', who died 1715 [pp107-31]; 'Grace White, 1716-1721', widow of John [pp132-8]; 'Charles Bourne, 1721-1724' [pp139-43]; 'Thomas Gent, 1724-1778' [pp144-232]; 'John White of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1725-1735' [pp233-6]; 'Alexander Staples, 1735-1739' [pp237-41]; 'Caesar Ward and Richard Chandler, 1738-1744' aka Caesar & Ward, Ward bankrupt 1744 [pp243-8]; 'Caesar Ward, 1744-1759' [pp249-60]; 'Ann Ward, 1759-1789', widow for Caesar [pp261-311]; 'John Jackson, the younger, 1740-1770' [pp312-18]; 'Francis Jackson, 1771-1790', succeeded to his father's business in 1771 [pp319-20]; 'John Gilfillon, 1742-1752' [pp321-25]; Nicholas Nickson, 1770-1776' [pp331-8]; 'Christopher Etherington, 1770-1776' [pp331-8]; 'Coffee House Press' pp339-40. Also includes as an appendix the very detailed probate inventory of John Foster of York, stationer [for which also see J Barnard & M Bell, The Early Seventeenth Century York Book Trade and John Foster's Inventory of 1616, 1994