Samuel Leigh (bookseller)

Samuel Leigh (c.1780 – 11 August 1831)[1] was a bookseller and publisher in 19th century London. His office stood on the Strand. From around 1806 to 1814 he conducted business with James Mathews in the partnership of "Mathews and Leigh."[2][3] He also married Mathews' daughter.[4] Leigh died by his own hand in 1831.[5]

  1. ^ "Died". The Times. 13 August 1831. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. ^ "James Mathews", The London book trades 1775–1800: a preliminary checklist of members, Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History, retrieved 28 August 2013
  3. ^ Edward Planta (1815), "Books Published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand (Late Mathews and Leigh)", New Picture of Paris, London: Samuel Leigh
  4. ^ "Case of Mrs. Leigh", The Athenaeum, 6 November 1841
  5. ^ "Dreadful suicide". Jackson's Oxford Journal. 20 August 1831. Retrieved 6 November 2023.