See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

ADAM See also:

• BLACK
• ADAM BLACK (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

BLACK (1784-1874)  , Scottish publisher, founder of the See also:

• FIRM

firm of A . & C . See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black, the son of a builder, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh on the loth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1784 . After serving, his See also:

• APPRENTICESHIP (from Fr. apprendre, to learn)

apprenticeship to the See also:

• BOOKSELLING

bookselling See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in Edinburgh and See also:

• LONDON

London, he began business for himself in Edinburgh in ,8o8 . By 1826 he was recognized as one of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal booksellers in the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city; and a few years later he was joined in business by his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles . The two most important events connected with the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the firm were the publication of the 7th, 8th and 9th See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the See also:

• ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia Britannica, and the See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase of the stock and See also:

• COPYRIGHT

copyright of the Waverley Novels . The copyright of the Encyclopaedia passed into the hands of See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam Black and a few See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends in 1827 . In 1851 the firm bought the copyright of the Waverley Novels for £27,000; and in 186, they became the proprietors of De Quincey's See also:

• WORKS

works . Adam Black was twice See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord See also:

• PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

provost of Edinburgh, and represented the city in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament from 1856 to 1865 . He retired from business in 1865, and died on the 24th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1874 . He'was succeeded by his sons, who removed their business in 1895 to London . There is a See also:

• BRONZE

bronze statue of Adam Black in See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Princes See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street Gardens, Edinburgh .

See See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of Adam Black, edited by See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• NICHOLSON, HENRY ALLEYNE (1844-1899)
• NICHOLSON, JOHN (1822-18J7)
• NICHOLSON, WILLIAM (1753-1815)
• NICHOLSON, WILLIAM (1784-1844)

Nicholson (2nd ed., Edinburgh, 1885) .