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thesaurus/cni00055413 Lizars, Daniel, engraver bookseller and stationer, Edinburgh

Lizars, Daniel, engraver bookseller and stationer, Edinburgh

Record IDcni00055413
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cni00055413
Last Edit2014-03-14

General Note

Son of Daniel Lizars (1754-1812) and Margaret Home. Born 24 May 1793. 'Invented a method of engraving upon copper to imitate a woodcut, the first specimen of which appeared in the frontispiece to “Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk” June 1819.' “Timperley 871”; engraved advertisement Edin Dir 1824. bankrupt “Johnstone's Monthly Register August 1832”. The papers of his sequestration in 1832 are in the SRO (Court of Session Productions CS96/4599). Emigrated to Canada in 1833.

More Information

Dates of Activity1811-1832
Activityengraver bookseller and stationer
bookseller and publisher (1825)
bookseller, mapseller and stationer (1826 - 1830)
Online Resourcehttp://www.nls.uk/
Scottish Book Trade Index online (list)

Place of Activity

Place of ActivityEdinburgh
Edinburgh; 3 James Square (1818 - 1820)
Edinburgh; *61 Princes Street (1825)
Edinburgh; 5 South St David's Street (1826 - 1830)

Related Entries

See alsoW[illiam Home] & D[aniel] Lizars (1811 - 1816)
Back Stairs Parliament Close, **Edinburgh
Daniel Lizars, bookseller and stationer (1823 - 1824)
61 Princes Street, **Edinburgh
North Briton (1831 - 1832)
5 South St Davids Street, **Edinburgh ; company/employer

Names

HeadingLizars, Daniel, engraver bookseller and stationer, Edinburgh
used in: National Library of Scotland, Scottish Book Trade Index

Sources

Found inEdin Dir. — Pigot 1825. — Timperley 871. — bankrupt “Johnstone's Monthly Register August 1832. — Bush.2

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