Osborne, Thomas
Owner Id00013655
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence - 1767
Other InformationBookseller; he was the son of the London bookseller Thomas Osborne (d. 1744) who had established a bookselling busness in Gray's Inn. Osborne (the son) purchased all Harleian printed books; see H. R. Plomer, G. H. Bushnell, and E. R. Dix, A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775 (London, 1932, repr. 1968), 185-6; Oldham, Shrewsbury School Bindings, 114; Mellot–Queval no. 2930; [William Oldys], Catalogus Bibliothecae Harleianae, 5 vols (London, 1743-5).
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https://lccn.loc.gov/n82080180
http://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp00960235
Activity
Start (year)1727
End (year)1767
NoteStart date from British Book Trade Index.
MARC Area Codee-uk-en
Profession / Type of InstitutionBooktrade
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
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