Other InformationApproximate dates; binder active in the first half of the 19th century. An advertisement from 1840 claiming forty years as a binder would likely include his apprenticeship. The birth date of 1788 is found in several Christie's auction catalogue descriptions, without attribution; he is said there to have been apprenticed to Frederich Leberecht Staggemeier. Other records suggest he worked indepenently from ca. 1811 to ca. 1850. Self-described in 1840 as "bookbinder to their late Majesties King George IVth & King William IVth"; his stamp sometimes includes the phrase "bookbinder to the King".
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Other InformationApproximate dates; binder active in the first half of the 19th century. An advertisement from 1840 claiming forty years as a binder would likely include his apprenticeship. The birth date of 1788 is found in several Christie's auction catalogue descriptions, without attribution; he is said there to have been apprenticed to Frederich Leberecht Staggemeier. Other records suggest he worked indepenently from ca. 1811 to ca. 1850. Self-described in 1840 as "bookbinder to their late Majesties King George IVth & King William IVth"; his stamp sometimes includes the phrase "bookbinder to the King".
Other Identifierhttp://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp01882327