TONSON  , the name of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• LONDON

London booksellers and publishers . See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard and See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob Tonson (c . 1656–1736), sons of a London See also:

• BARBER (from Lat. barba, beard)

barber-surgeon, started in 1676 and 1677 independently as booksellers and publishers in London . In 1679 Jacob, the better known of the two, bought and published See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden's See also:

• TROILUS

Troilus and Cressida, and from that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time was closely associated with Dryden, and published most of his See also:

• WORKS

works . He published the See also:

• MISCELLANY

Miscellany Poems (1684–1708) under Dryden's editorship, the collection being known indifferently as Dryden's or Tonson's Miscellany, and also Dryden's See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil (1697) . Serious disagreements over the See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price paid, however, arose between poet and publisher, and in his See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

Faction Displayed (1705) Dryden described Tonson as having " two See also:

• LEFT

left legs, and Judas-coloured See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair." Subsequently the relations between the two men inlproved . The See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers jointly published Dryden's See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• FRIAR (from the Lat. (rater, through the Fr. frere)

Friar (1683) . Jacob Tonson also published See also:

• CONGREVE, RICHARD (1818-1899)
• CONGREVE, SIR WILLIAM
• CONGREVE, WILLIAM (167o-1729)

Congreve's See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

Double Dealer, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• VANBRUGH, SIR JOHN (1664-1726)

Vanbrugh's The Faithful Friend and The Confederacy, and the pastorals of See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope, thus justifying Wycherly's description of him as "See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman See also:

• USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
• USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)

usher to the See also:

• MUSES, THE (Gr. Mo6o-at, the thinkers)

Muses." He bought also the valuable rights of See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

Paradise Lost, See also:

• HALF

half in 1683 and half in 1690 . This was his first profitable venture in See also:

• POETRY

poetry . In 1712 he became See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint publisher with See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel Buckley of the Spectator, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year published See also:

• ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719)

Addison's See also:

• CATO, DIONYSIUS
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (234—149 B.c.)
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (95-46 B.c.)
• CATO, PUBLIUS VALERIUS

Cato . He was the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original secretary and a prominent member of the See also:

• KIT (1) (probably an adaptation of the Middle Dutch kitie, a wooden tub, usually with a lid and handles; in modern Dutch kit means a tankard)

Kit-See also:

• CAT
• CAT, CIVET
• CAT, HOUSE

Cat See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club . About 1720 he gave up business and retired to See also:

• HEREFORDSHIRE

Herefordshire, where he died on the and of See also:

• APRIL

April 1736 .

His business was carried on by his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, Jacob Tonson, jun . (d . 1735), and subsequently by his See also:

• GRAND

grand-nephew, also Jacob (d . 1767) .