Difference between revisions of "George Thomason 1600?-1666"
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George THOMASON 1600?-66
Biographical Note
Bookseller; assembled the collection of Civil War pamphlets now known as the Thomason Tracts. These were eventually purchased for the British Museum by George III in 1761.
Sources
Stoker, David. "Thomason, George (c. 1602–1666), bookseller and collector of civil-war tracts." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. L. Spencer, The professional and literary connexions of George Thomason, The Library 5th ser 13 (1958), 102-118. L. Spencer, The politics of George Thomason, The Library 5th ser 14 (1959) 11-27. D. Stoker, George Thomason’s intractable legacy, The Library 6th ser 14 (1992), 337-56. D. Stoker and M. Kingston, George Thomason in W. Baker (ed), Pre-19th century British book collectors, 1999, 344-9. M. Mendle, George Thomason’s intentions, in G. Mandelbrote and B. Taylor (eds), Libraries within the library, 2009, 171-186. CHL II 39.