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The Life and Errors of John Dunton, Citizen of London - With the Lives and Characters of More Than a Thousand Contemporary Divines and Other Persons of Literary Eminence (Paperback)
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The Life and Errors of John Dunton, Citizen of London - With the Lives and Characters of More Than a Thousand Contemporary Divines and Other Persons of Literary Eminence (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries, Volume 2
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This two-volume work, originally published in 1705 and now reissued
in John Nichols' edition of 1818, was one of the earliest examples
of autobiographical writing in English. John Dunton (1659 1732), a
highly eccentric bookseller and publisher, was also responsible for
one of the first periodicals in London, the Athenian Gazette, which
invited its readers to submit questions on any topic, to be
answered by the Athenian Society, a group of learned men (in fact,
Dunton himself and some cronies). However, he was not a practical
businessman, and the death of his wife and his own illness led to
poverty, and to hack-work for others. The Life and Errors was
followed by pamphlets attacking those whom he blamed for his
misfortunes. The work gives a fascinating picture of authors and
the book trade in Restoration London. Volume 2 contains selections
by Nichols from Dunton's works."
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