John Tovey d.1717?
From Book Owners Online
John TOVEY d.1717?
Biographical Note
Described in his sale catalogue as "an eminent apothecary in the Strand, deceas'd". His son D'blossiers (1692-1745) was a clergyman with antiquarian interests, noted for the publication of Anglia Judaica (1738).
Books
Tovey's library was sold by retail sale in London, beginning 10 April 1717.
Sources
- Alston, R. C., Inventory of sale catalogues ... 1676-1700, St Philip, 2010.
- A catalogue of the library of John Tovey, [London, 1717].
- Lee, Sidney, and Robert Brown. "Tovey, D'blossiers (1692–1745), historian and antiquary." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.