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"''I am not to forget the vast Number of Booksellers Shops I have observed in London; for besides those who are set up here and there in the City, they have their particular Quarters, such as St. Paul's-Church-Yard and Little-Brittain, where there is twice as many as in the Rue Saint Jacque in Paris, and who have each of them Two or Three Ware-houses''"<ref>Samuel Sorbière, ''A voyage to England: containing many things relating to the state of learning, religion, and other curiosities of that kingdom'' (London, 1709), p. 16</ref>
 
"''I am not to forget the vast Number of Booksellers Shops I have observed in London; for besides those who are set up here and there in the City, they have their particular Quarters, such as St. Paul's-Church-Yard and Little-Brittain, where there is twice as many as in the Rue Saint Jacque in Paris, and who have each of them Two or Three Ware-houses''"<ref>Samuel Sorbière, ''A voyage to England: containing many things relating to the state of learning, religion, and other curiosities of that kingdom'' (London, 1709), p. 16</ref>

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St. Paul's Churchyard booksellers

THIS ENTRY IS IN PREPARATION

"I am not to forget the vast Number of Booksellers Shops I have observed in London; for besides those who are set up here and there in the City, they have their particular Quarters, such as St. Paul's-Church-Yard and Little-Brittain, where there is twice as many as in the Rue Saint Jacque in Paris, and who have each of them Two or Three Ware-houses"[1]



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Samuel Sorbière, A voyage to England: containing many things relating to the state of learning, religion, and other curiosities of that kingdom (London, 1709), p. 16


  1. Samuel Sorbière, A voyage to England: containing many things relating to the state of learning, religion, and other curiosities of that kingdom (London, 1709), p. 16