Phillips, Richard Sir

County:

London

Town:

London

Address(es):

71/72 St Paul's Chyd (1801-2). 6/7 New Bridge St, Blackfriars (1805-11). 47 Ludgate Hill. Bridge Ct

Book Trade(s):

Author, Bookseller, Publisher

Non-Book Trade(s):

-

Trading Dates:

1797 – 1825

Biographical Dates:

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

Notes:

Founded `Leicester Herald' in 1792. With aid of friend established `Monthly Magazine' in 1796. Published Antiquary's Magazine' in 1797; `Monthly Musical Magazine' in 1801. Mentioned in Sheffield Archives MD5708b.

  Abbreviations

Sources:

Brown, Philip A.H., London Publishers and Printers c. 1800-1870 (London, 1982)

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

Holden's Triennial Directory, 1805, 1806, & 1807, 4th edn (London: W. Holden [1805])

Kassler, Jamie Croy, The Science of Music in Britain, 1714-1839: a catalogue of writings, lectures and inventions (New York & London, 1979), 2 vols.

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)

Miscellaneous sources, normally indicated by a note