A Bookseller by Another Name; or, Theodora Grahn; or Baron de Verdion; or Chevalier, or Dr., or Mr. John de Verdion (1744-1802).

In a previous post, I wrote about Isabella “Tibby” Tinkler (1701 or 1702-1794), an early bookseller from Richmond, Yorkshire, whose enigmatic aquatint portrait is part of our Librarian’s current display of women authors, collectors, typographers, and booksellers. This post looks at the individual behind an equally eye-catching portrait that stands in the same display. Fig. …

Isabella “Tibby” Tinkler (1701 or 1702-1794), an Eighteenth-Century Bookseller of Richmond, Yorkshire.

Fig. 1. Aquatint portrait of Isabella "Tibby" Tinkler in her bookshop in Richmond, Yorkshire. Original print in the collection of the Grolier Club Library. Members and visitors to the Grolier Club in recent months may have noticed our Librarian’s display of portraits of women authors, collectors, typographers, and booksellers in the elegant Regency breakfront on …