Richard Priestley

(1771 c.-1852)

LBT ID: RiPries1852	B/BAP: 1771 DIED: 1852-02-04
SOURCES: Willis's Current Notes (August 1854) 68; British Book Trade Index (web)
London bookseller who specialized in Greek and Roman classics; he died impoverished in the Charterhouse.
REFERENCES TO Richard Priestley: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VII Found 1: ¶ 15 Chapter V Found 1: ¶ 6