The letters of Jacob Tonson
Subtitle: in Bodleian MS. Eng. lett. c. 129
By: edited by Stephen Bernard
Contributors: Bernard, Stephen, 1975- editor; Nash, Paul W., typesetter; Oxford Bibliographical Society; Short Run Press
Series: Oxford Bibliographical Society publications -- third series, volume X; Oxford Bibliographical Society publications -- 3rd ser., v. 10.
Publisher: The Oxford Bibliographical Society
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780901420640
Subjects: Correspondence; Booksellers and bookselling; History; English Manuscripts; Bodleian Library
Description: "The letters in this edition (Bodleian MS. Eng. lett. c. 129) present Tonson's life as a bookseller, his circle, and his important intellectual and social interests. They are exclusively from Tonson to his nephew and sometime partner, Jacob Tonson the younger, dealing with his affairs from the moment he first took possession of his country estate following his retirement and recent financial success. They concern, among other things, literature, publishing, friendship, and cultural and social affinity, theology, law, public office, and provincial life, agriculture, horticulture, vitriculture, and much more. They are an important archival record in the Bodleian's holdings of the early eighteenth century and should be better known. They are published her for the first time" -- p. 16.
Notes: Designed and typeset by Paul W. Nash.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-203) and index.