Quaritch Bernard 1819-1899 Bookseller

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Quaritch Bernard 1819-1899 Bookseller

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1819-1899

History

Bernard Quaritch was born in a village outside Göttingen, Germany. After first working for booksellers in Nordhausen and Berlin, he travelled to London in 1842, carrying a letter of introduction to Henry Bohn, the leading London bookseller. Quaritch wasread more