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Samuel Johnson and the Book Trade
By Karen | 6 November 2009
Samuel Johnson and the Book Trade
Wednesday 25 November 2009, 7pm (door open 6:15pm)
‘I was bred a Bookseller, and have not forgotten my trade’ : An illustrated lecture by Margaret Willes
Dr Johnson was probably the leading man of letters in 18th-century Britain. But his connection with the book trade and publishing was not only as an author. He was the son of a Lichfield bookseller, Michael Johnson, spent his first years in London as a journalist and as a reviewer of books, and was a friend of several of the most distinguished publishers. Margaret Willes’ talk will show how we can trace the development of the book trade through the personal life of Samuel Johnson.
Margaret Willes was the Publisher at the National Trust until her retirement in 2005. Her first book, Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Discovering Books, was published in 2008 by Yale University Press. Her next project, Pick of the Bunch, focussing on the collection of botanical illustrations in Oxford’s Department of Plant Sciences, has just been published by the Bodleian Library. She is now working on a book about Tudor and Stuart gardeners and their books.
£12/£10 concessions, includes a glass of wine
Seating is limited and tickets must be booked in advance. Send a cheque made payable to Dr Johnson’s House Trust Ltd to Dr Johnson’s House, 17 Gough Square,London EC4A 3DE to book your place. Please include your contact details with your cheque. There are many unavoidable steps at the House.
TO BOOK OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 0207 353 3745 OR EMAIL THE CURATOR AT Curator at Dr Johnson’s House.
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