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Jane Jones (died 1739) was an Irish printer, bookseller, and newspaper proprietor.
Jane Jones was the wife of Theophilus Jones, a bookseller, printer, newspaper proprietor and possible descendant of Sir Theophilus Jones. She is described as a "lady of birth." After Jones was widowed in April 1736, she announced that she would continue her husband's business to support her large family. She continued to print the ''
Life
Jane Jones was the wife of Theophilus Jones, a bookseller, printer, newspaper proprietor and possible descendant of Sir Theophilus Jones. She is described as a "lady of birth." After Jones was widowed in April 1736, she announced that she would continue her husband's business to support her large family. She continued to print the ''Dublin Evening Post
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'' from Clarendon Street until 31 March 1739. She also published ''Life of Prince Eugene of Saxony'' (1737), ''Amusements de Spa'' by Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz
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Life
His father, Wilhelm Ludwig Freiherr von Pöllnitz (d. 1693), was in the military service of the elector of Brandenb ...
(1737), ''Complete English tradesmen'' by Daniel Defoe
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(1738), and a ''Letter to a lady, in praise of female learning'' by Wetenhall Wilkes (1739). Jones started work on the ''History of the bishops of Ireland'' by Sir James Ware in 1739, but died in May of that year before she could complete it. Her daughter, Elizabeth, took over the business, possibly with the help of two of her sisters. They continued to operate from Clarendon Street for a further two years, printing the full set of Ware's works along with ''History of the civil wars of France'' by Enrico Caterino Davila
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Life
Born in Piove di Sacco, near Padua, he was descended from a Spanish noble family. He was the youngest son of Antonio Davila, Grand Constable of Cyprus ...
(1740). Elizabeth Jones married an engraver, Thomas Dixon, in 1756, by which time she had ceased working as a printer or bookseller.
See also
*List of women printers and publishers before 1800
The list of women printers and publishers before 1800 include women active as printers or publishers prior to the 19th century. Before the printing press was invented, books were made from pages written by scribes, and it could take up to a year ...
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