The Cadell and Davies Papers

Correspondence with the firm of Cadell and Davies and others on publishing matters as well as correspondence of a social nature.

Cadell and Davies: Booksellers and publishers. Thomas Cadell, 1742-1802. In 1758 he was sent to London and apprenticed to Andrew Millar. He rose rapidly in his profession, and was a generous patron of authors. William Davies, Cadell's partner was a Montgomeryshire man. Cadell and Davies appear in Welsh imprints although they did not specialise in Welsh books.

Reference: Peter Isaac, Editor, Six Centuries of the Provincial Book Trade in Britain ( St Paul's Bibliographies, 1990 ).

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The majority of the papers were collected by Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1871) the antiquary and bibliophile. The collection was purchased at auction, Sotheby's in 1974.

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Papers collected by Sir Thomas Phillipps are also held at Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department.