Cadell and Davies was a publishing company established in London in 1793. The business was formed when bookseller and publisher
Thomas Cadell the elder (1742–1802) bequeathed his business to his son Thomas Cadell the younger (1773–1836) and the elder Cadell's apprentice William Davies. Cadell & Davies shut down after Davies death in 1819.
Cadell continued in business until his own death in 1836.
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has a collection of the firm's papers and correspondence.
Cadell & Davies published the 4th to 8th editions of James Boswell
James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (; 29 October 1740 (New Style, N.S.) – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of his friend and older contemporary the Englis ...
's ''Life of Johnson
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''.
Work
The firm published various portraits from engravings based on earlier drawings made from paintings.
A book by Edward Daniel Clarke
Edward Daniel Clarke (5 June 17699 March 1822) was an English clergyman, naturalist, mineralogist, and traveller.
Life
Edward Daniel Clarke was born at Willingdon, Sussex, and educated first at Uckfield School"Anthony Saunders, D.D." in Mark ...
was published with engravings by R. Watts of London
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. It documented travels in various countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa in 1813 and was a follow-up to an earlier book on Russia Tartary
Tartary ( la, Tartaria, french: Tartarie, german: Tartarei, russian: Тартария, Tartariya) or Tatary (russian: Татария, Tatariya) was a blanket term used in Western European literature and cartography for a vast part of Asia bounde ...
and Turkey
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published in 1810. The second book covered Greece, Egypt, and the Holy Land (1813).
Cadell and Davies published work by Philip James de Loutherbourg
Philip James de Loutherbourg RA (31 October 174011 March 1812), whose name is sometimes given in the French form of Philippe-Jacques, the German form of Philipp Jakob, or with the English-language epithet of the Younger, was a French-born Brit ...
in 1816 that was created for Thomas Macklin
"The Cottagers" (inspired by Thomson) painted by Reynolds and commissioned by Macklin in 1788, featuring his daughter, Maria, (left), and his wife, Hannah (right) and friend (Jane Potts ( Edwin Landseer's mother), standing).
Thomas Macklin (1752 ...
's folio bible, the Macklin Bible Macklin or MacKlin may refer to:
;Places
* Macklin, Saskatchewan, a town in Canada
People with the surname Macklin or MacKlin:
* Macklin (surname)
See also
* Maclean
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. De Loutherbourg's work for the bible project included vignette
Vignette may refer to:
* Vignette (entertainment), a sketch in a sketch comedy
* Vignette (graphic design), decorative designs in books (originally in the form of leaves and vines) to separate sections or chapters
* Vignette (literature), short, i ...
s for which de Loutherbourg did apocrypha
Apocrypha are works, usually written, of unknown authorship or of doubtful origin. The word ''apocryphal'' (ἀπόκρυφος) was first applied to writings which were kept secret because they were the vehicles of esoteric knowledge considered ...
drawings. Cadell and Davies published the drawings in 1816 after Macklin and De Loutherberg had died.
The firm also published ''Britannia Depicta
''Britannia Depicta'' was an illustrated road atlas for Britain. It was printed in numerous editions over many decades from 1720 into the 19th century and updated with engravings by many artisans who worked from drawings of other artists. It feat ...
'', a series of 130 views of "the most interesting and picturesque objects in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, & Derbyshire". It included the work of many engravers who worked from artist's drawings. Descriptions in the book were written by Samuel Lysons
Samuel Lysons (1763 – June 1819) was an English antiquarian and engraver who, together with his elder brother Daniel Lysons (1762–1834), published several works on antiquarian topics. He was one of the first archaeologists to investigate ...
, F.R.S., F.S.A. The book includedJoseph Farington
Joseph Farington (21 November 1747 – 30 December 1821) was an 18th-century English landscape painter and diarist.
Life and work
Born in Leigh, Lancashire, Farington was the second of seven sons of William Farington and Esther Gilbody. His ...
's work, such as General View from Matlock High Tor, in Part VI, Derbyshire published May 15, 1817. ''Britannia Depicta''
Archive
The Cadell and Davies papers are held the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham.
References
Publishing companies disestablished in the 19th century
Publishing companies established in 1793
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