Henry Rhodes (d. 1720; fl. 1681–1709)
Henry Rhodes, or Rodes, bookseller, 1681–1709; next door to the Bear Tavern, Fleet Street, near Bride Lane; next door to the Swan Tavern, Fleet Street, at the corner of Bride Lane; at the Star, Fleet Street, at, or near the corner of Bride Lane, or near Fleet Bridge.
Rhodes died December 1720. "Henry Rhodes Fleetstreet" is listed as "carried a Way" 3 January 1721 in the burial records of St. Bride's (London Metropolitan Archives, Church of England Parish Registers, P69/BRI/A/014/MS06550).
A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)
RHODES, or RODES (HENRY), bookseller in London, next door to the Bear Tavern, Fleet Street, near Bride Lane; (2) next door to the Swan Tavern, Fleet Street, at the corner of Bride Lane; (3) Star, Fleet Street, at, or near the corner of Bride Lane, or near Fleet Bridge. 1681–1709. Possibly a son of Matthew Rhodes (1642) a prolific and miscellaneous publisher. He shared with Joseph Hindmarsh and Richard Lane the copyright of The Turkish Spy. Rhodes was dead before 1725, when his widow married Sir Thomas Masters, knight. [Nichols, Lit. Anecd. VIII. 356.] His various addresses may describe the same house.
The Life and Errors of John Dunton, by John Dunton (1705)
Mr. Henry Rhodes, has got a considerable Estate, his Copies having met with good Sucess. He had the good fortune to print the Eight Volumes of theTurkish Spy, The great Historical Dictionary, and The present State of Europe, which has been continu'd to Fourteen Vol. and the longer it has been publish'd, it has been the better receiv'd; Mr. Harris, and my self, brought Mr. Rhodes into this Monthly Mercury, but we lost by't Five Months successively, which made me a little Apprehensive of that Design, and I thereupon threw up my Interest in it, for Five Pound.
Notes & Queries "London Booksellers Series" (1931–2)
RHODES, HENRY. Was publishing at the Star, at the Corner of Bride Lane in Fleet Street, at the opening of the century. With Joseph Hindmarsh and Richard Sare he published 'The Turkish Spy' in 1693, and from that date became well known in the capital. Plomer (p. 252) states that his widow married again in 1725, so that he must have been dead by that date.
—Frederick T. Wood, 26 September 1931
RHODES HENRY. His imprints show him to have been at the Star at the corner of Bride Lane in Fleet Street as early as 1684. Plomer gives the name of his partner in 'The Turkish Spy,' as Richard Lane (not Richard Sare (see ante p. 221), and this is confirmed by Timperley. He had been succeeded by J. Rhodes by 1725.
—Ambrose Heal, 21 November 1931