Richard Lapthorne fl.1683-1697
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Richard LAPTHORNE fl.1683-1697
Biographical Note
Lapthorne was a lawyer at New Inn, and the London agent of Richard Coffin, who tasked him with buying books. Their correspondence, in the Devon archive, is a source of information on the book trade in the late seventeenth century.
Books
Lapthorne's books were sold by retail sale in London from 22 March 1727. The sale was advertised in the Craftsman, the Daily Post and the Daily Journal.
Sources
- Alston, R. C., Inventory of sale catalogues ... 1676-1800, St Philip, 2010.
- Treadwell, M., "Richard Lapthorne and the London Retail Book Trade 1683-1697", in The Book Trade and Its Customers, 1450-1990: Historical Essays for Robin Myers, ed. Giles Mandelbrote, Arnold Hunt, and Alison Shell (Winchester: St. Paul’s Bibliographies, 1997).