Sales catalogue: W. C. Johnson

Date:
28 February 1884
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/16
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: W. C. Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    branch establishment. Association,” which was brated Dr. Warren. rate Ministry, travelled in many portant circuits, When appointed to London he was compelled to retire for a few years from the ministry owing to indisposition, and commenced as a_book- seller in Blackfriars Road. Subsequently he re-commenced his la- and was superannuated. He numerary” in Chelten- ham. His eldest son, and Johnson’s grandson —Edwin Pearson—be- came a London book- EDWIN PEARSON, entitled :—‘‘ A Pretty Book of Pict seller, and, like many other’ booksellers, adopted a speciality in his business. In addi- tion to his trade of a general bookseller he became the greatest col- lector and authority of Bewick’s Works and Engravings. For more than a quarter of a cen- tury he has devoted himself almost exclu- sively to the purchase and sale of the pro- ductions of this great wood engraver. Charles Dickens, who was a constant visitor to his shop, noticed his Bewick proclivity in Household Words ; a similar notice appeared inthe Morning Star, warmly praising the preface in a re- by Pearson. In the Books, &e. But the great Johnson family. JOSEPH JOHNSON,
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