James Watson (fl. 1728–1748)

Identifiers

  • Grubstreet: 3012

Occupations

  • Bookseller
  • Publisher
  • Engraver

James Watson, bookseller and publisher, 1728–1748; over against Hungerford Market; in Wardrobe Courte, Great Carter Lane.

A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775, by Henry Plomer et al. (1932)

WATSON (JAMES), bookseller and publisher in London, (1) over against Hungerford Market; (2) Wardrobe Court, Great Carter Lane. 1728–35 (?) On December 5th, 1728, the Secretary of State issued a search warrant in connexion with certain "scandalous and seditious libels", about to be printed and published by James Watson. [S. P. Dom., Geo. II, Bundle 9.] He also dealt in such literature as The Adventures of the Priests and Nuns, and The Adventures of the Bath. In 1735 he was selling The Syren in Wardrobe Court. [Daily Journal, April 4th, 1735.]