Kent's original London directory: 1819. : Being an alphabetical list of more than 18,000 merchants & traders of London, and parts adjacent; the directors of companies ; a correct list of London and country bankers ; a list of the public offices, &c. . [etc
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Type of record: Book
Title: Kent's original London directory: 1819. : Being an alphabetical list of more than 18,000 merchants & traders of London, and parts adjacent; the directors of companies ; a correct list of London and country bankers ; a list of the public offices, &c. . [etc
Classmark: Bedford Collection G006
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Kent, Henry (1732-1771) (Other); Causton, Henry Kent (1804-1856) (Printer); Cork Young Men's Society (Former owner)
Publisher: Printed and sold by Henry-Kent Causton, no. 14, Birchin-Lane, (removed from Finch-Lane) Cornhill, where the printing business is also now carried on. May be had of Sherwood, Neely and Jones, Paternoster-Row; W. Kent, 116, High-Holborn; Lackington & Co, Fi
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1812
Language: English
Size and medium: [37], 6-409, [3], 144, 24
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/731863
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019948897605181
Description
Includes Kent's original tradesman's assistant: 1819. Being a guide to all the stage coaches, carriers, coasting vessels, &c &c, and an appendix.
Single issue of an annual directory which began as The Directory; or list of principal traders in London, 1732 (pub. 1734)--and ran through 1744 (with slight variations); then, Kent's directory for the year..., 1745-1812 (slight variations); then, Kent's original London directory, 1813-1828. Published by Henry Kent through 1771; 1772-1776, Richard Causton; 1777-1805, Richard & Henry Causton (or R. & H. or H. & R.); 1806-1828, Henry-Kent Causton.
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Bindings
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection G005: modern beige cloth, gold tooled on spine.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection G006: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: TD/80. Purple inkstamp on several pages: Cork Young Men's Society A. M. D. G.
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