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John Bell (17451831) was an English publisher who was described by the author as a 'mischievous spirit, the very Puck of booksellers'. His 109-volume, literature-for-the-masses Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill, which rivalled Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1781), was published from 1777 to 1783.

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Preface; 1. John Bell, bookseller and partner in The Morning Post; 2. The British Letter Foundry, 1788–1789; 3. John Bell and The Oracle, 1789–1793; 4. Bell's Weekly Messenger; 5. La Belle Assemblée; 5. Bell's Constitutional Classics; 6. Retirement and death; Appendices; Index.

John Bell 1745 1831

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 11/19/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780521143141
      978-0521143141
      ISBN-10 0521143144
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      John Bell (17451831) was an English publisher who was described by the author as a 'mischievous spirit, the very Puck of booksellers'. His 109-volume, literature-for-the-masses Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill, which rivalled Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1781), was published from 1777 to 1783.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; 1. John Bell, bookseller and partner in The Morning Post; 2. The British Letter Foundry, 1788–1789; 3. John Bell and The Oracle, 1789–1793; 4. Bell's Weekly Messenger; 5. La Belle Assemblée; 5. Bell's Constitutional Classics; 6. Retirement and death; Appendices; Index.

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