Phillips, Richard

County:

Leicestershire

Town:

Leicester

Address(es):

Coal Hill (1791-4). Gallowtree Gt (1794)

Book Trade(s):

Bookseller, Pamphlet seller, Librarian/owner of circulating library, Music seller, Newspaper proprietor, Printer

Non-Book Trade(s):

piano sellerCanal Shares sellerPatent medicine seller

Trading Dates:

1790 – 1795

Biographical Dates:

1767 (date of birth) – 1840 (date of death)

Notes:

Publisher of Herald etc; Imprisoned 1793-5? To Ldn 1795.

  Abbreviations

Sources:

Harris, Michael, 'Review Article: Astrology, Almanacks and Booksellers', in Publishing History 8 (1980), pp. 87-104.

Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce & Manufacture (1791/98)

Extra source information: 1791/1794

Weston, Richard, The Leicester Directory (Loughborough, 1794)