John Boosey

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John Boosey was a bookseller in 18th century London. He stocked foreign-language titles and also ran a circulating library on King Street. [1] [2] His son Thomas Boosey continued the business. The Boosey family remained in the publishing industry and in 1930 formed Boosey & Hawkes, music publisher. [3] [4]

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  2. Ian Maxted (2007), "Checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's Obituary", London book trades, 1735–1775, Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History
  3. Christopher Hibbert; et al. (2011). "Regent Street". London Encyclopaedia (3rd ed.). Pan Macmillan. ISBN   978-0-230-73878-2.
  4. Don Michael Randel (1996). "Thomas Boosey". Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0-674-37299-3.

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