Joseph Smith (fl. 1716–1729)

Identifiers

  • Grubstreet: 53194

Occupations

  • Bookseller
  • Publisher
  • Map Publisher
  • Printseller
  • Engraver
  • Draughtsman

Joseph Smith, bookseller publisher at the Picture Shop, next the Exeter Exchange in the Strand; at the sign of Exeter Change, next the Fountain Tavern in the Strand; at the west end of Exeter Exchange; at Inigo Jones's Head, near Exeter Exchange (1716–29).

Notes & Queries "London Booksellers Series" (1931–2)

SMITH, JOSEPH. His name should be added. He was a publisher of maps, prints and books on architecture between the years 1724 and 1729. During this period he had various addresses:—(1) the Picture Shop in Exeter Exchange in the Strand; (2) at the Sign of Exeter Change, near the Fountain Tavern in the Strand; (3) at the West End of Exeter Exchange; (4) at the Sign of Inigo Jones's Head, near Exeter Exchange, (Chubb's ' Printed Maps of Great Britain and Ireland').

—Ambrose Heal, 28 November 1931

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)

SMITH (J.), bookseller and publisher in London, Inigo Jones's Head in the Strand, 1726–8. He was the publisher of Dr. Wells's Paraphrase ... on the Books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, &c., 1728.