William Boreham (fl. 17171721)

Identifiers

Occupations

  • Bookseller

Names

  • William Boreham
  • William Boerham

William Boreham, bookseller at the Angel in Paternoster Row (1717–21).

Notes & Queries "London Booksellers Series" (1931–2)

BOREHAM, W. Of the Angel in Paternoster Row. He first came into prominence in 1718, with the publication of 'A Collection of Dying Speeches of Traitors, Executed during the Present Reign.' Two years later he issued a four volume edition of 'The Works of Sir Thomas Browne.' A list of his publications appears in the Daily Post for Jan. 14, 1720.

—Frederick T. Wood, 25 July 1931