Thomas Egerton was a bookseller and publisher in
Whitehall,
London
c. 1750–1830.[1] With his brother and business partner John Egerton he took over the enterprise established by
John Millan.[2] For some years Egerton's office stood on
Charing Cross.[3] Books published included works by
Jane Austen.[4]
The brothers were also well-known auctioneers, selling the collections of men such as
John Smeaton,
Lemuel Dole Nelme,
Francis Blackburne, the particularly large library of the actor
John Henderson, and "perhaps the largest English eighteenth century collection of coins and medals sold at auction ... that of Thomas Allen Barnard on 20-23 April 1789".[5]
Thomas Egerton died on 26 August 1830, in his 81st year, described as "of Whitehall".[6]
John Egerton married Mary Davis, daughter of bookseller
Lockyer John Davis,[7] on 11 October 1783 in Westminster.[8] He died on 17 January 1795.[7]
Works Published by John and Thomas Egerton
Title page of Remarks upon the situation of Negroes in Jamaica, 1788 by William Beckford, jun. Printed for T and J Egerton.
Title page of Egerton's Theatrical Remembrancer, 1788. Printed for T and J Egerton.
Title page of A descriptive account of the island of Jamaica, Volume 1, 1790 by William Beckford. Printed for T and J Egerton.
Title page of Thomas Egerton's book catalogue of 1798
Title page of first edition of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, 1811. Published by Thomas Egerton
References
^Ian Maxted (2007),
"Thomas Egerton", The London Book Trades 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members, Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History
^John Treadwell Nichols (1812), Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, London: Printed for the author, by Nichols, Son, and Bentley,
OCLC1138961,
OL7112937M Volume III p
641