Early Seventeenth Century York Book Trade and John Foster's Inventory of 1616
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- Author(s) Barnard, John, & Maureen Bell
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1994
- Pages 108pp; illus
- Publisher Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society
- Place Published Leeds
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- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Focuses on the remarkably detailed inventory of the estate of John Foster, 1616, which lists his book stock [titles, format, prices, etc], other contents of his house and business, and his debtors [ie customers] to describe and analyse his business and to draw conclusions about the nature of the York book trade. Includes transcription of inventory, lists all books in the inventory [pp53-96] and provides details of debtors. Also includes family trees descending from 1] Anthony Foster, d1610, and John Foster, d1616, and 2] from Richard Foster, nd, and Mark Foster, d1644. See also R Davies, 'Memoir of the York Press', 1868, Appendix B