Jacob Tonson

E644660

bookseller person publisher

Jacob Tonson was a prominent 17th–18th century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing major literary works by authors such as John Dryden and Joseph Addison.

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Label	Occurrences
Jacob Tonson canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bookseller ⓘ person ⓘ publisher ⓘ
activeInPeriod	early 18th century ⓘ late 17th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Alexander Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ John Dryden NERFINISHED ⓘ John Milton NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Addison NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Steele NERFINISHED ⓘ Whig Party (England) NERFINISHED ⓘ William Congreve NERFINISHED ⓘ
businessLocation	Fleet Street, London NERFINISHED ⓘ Gray’s Inn Gate, London NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Bar, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
employer	Kit-Cat Club (as publisher to members) NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Tonson NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	book trade ⓘ literary publishing ⓘ periodical publishing ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	classical translations (as a publishing focus) ⓘ drama (as a publishing focus) ⓘ essays (as a publishing focus) ⓘ poetry (as a publishing focus) ⓘ
givenName	Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Kit-Cat Club NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being principal publisher of John Dryden ⓘ helping establish the careers of Joseph Addison and Richard Steele as periodical essayists ⓘ issuing influential collected editions of English poets ⓘ publishing major Restoration and early 18th-century English literature ⓘ publishing works associated with the Whig literary circle ⓘ shaping the canon of English literature through his publishing list ⓘ
notableWork	Dryden’s translation of Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ Poetical Miscellanies (Tonson’s miscellanies) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spectator (periodical) editions NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tatler (periodical) editions NERFINISHED ⓘ editions of works by Alexander Pope ⓘ editions of works by John Dryden ⓘ editions of works by John Milton ⓘ editions of works by Joseph Addison ⓘ editions of works by William Congreve ⓘ
occupation	bookseller ⓘ publisher ⓘ
placeOfWork	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Conscious Lovers → firstPublisher → Jacob Tonson ⓘ

Addison’s play "Cato" → firstPublisher → Jacob Tonson ⓘ

subject surface form: Cato (play)