Joshua Conyers (d. 1689; fl. 1661–1689)
Joshua Conyers, bookseller, 1661–1689; at the Black Raven above St. Andrew's Church in Holborn; at the Black Raven in Duck Lane, 1662–1688.
A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667, by Henry Plomer (1907)
CONIERS (JOSHUA), bookseller in London, (1) Black Raven in the Long Walk, near Christchurch; (2) Black Raven, Duck Lane. 1662–88. His name, in company with that of Henry Marsh, is found on a book of anecdotes called Fragmenta Aulica or Court and State Jests … by T. S. Gent. 1662. [B.M. 12316 a. 27.] At the end is an advertisement of a history of the Civil Wars, also published by him. After the fire Coniers appears to have moved to Duck Lane. In his reprint of the Term Catalogues, Mr. Arber has given his first name as "Joseph," instead of "Joshua."
A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)
CONYERS (JOSHUA), see Dictionary, 1641–67. He was at work in 1689. From 1686, and perhaps earlier, he was at the Black Raven, above or near St. Andrew's Church in Holborn, also described as the first shop in Fetter Lane, Holborn. [T.C. II. 178, 269; ballad of Sir Walter Raleigh sailing in the Lowlands, B.M. C. 22. f. 6 (76).]