Cary, John I

County:

London

Town:

London

Address(es):

7 Johnsons Ct, Fleet St (1781). 188 Strand (1783). 181 Strand (1802-17)

Book Trade(s):

Cartographer, Engraver/etcher, Map/chart maker, Map/chart seller, Print seller

Non-Book Trade(s):

land surveyorglobe seller

Trading Dates:

1780 – 1835

Biographical Dates:

1755 (date of birth) – 1835 (date of death)

Notes:

Apprenticed to William Palmer 1770. SFIP 448654 (1781) & 482459 (1783). Part bro George Cary (1821-30). Surveyed turnpikes for Postmaster-General. Succeeded by George Frederick Cruchley [Also UNDERHILL & BHSUS31/42].

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Sources:

(Unknown)

Source details: Ash Rare Book (Royal Exchange, London) - Catalogue of antique maps for sale (1992)

Holden's Triennial Directory, 1802, 1803, & 1804, 3rd edn (London: W. Holden [1802])

Maxted, Ian, The British Book Trades 1775-1787: an index to insurance policies (Exeter Working Paper No. 8)

Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members (Folkestone, 1977)

Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's 'Obituary' (Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History No.3, 1984)