Eyre and Strahan
Type :
Groupe
Autre(s) nom(s) :
- Charles Eyre and William Strahan
- King's printing house
Date :
- 1770 –
Activité :
- Bibliothèque / littérature / édition (Arts, culture et communications)
Éléments associés
Patrimoine mobilier associé (26)
- Brochure (An abstract of those parts of the Custom of the viscounty and provostship of Paris, which were received and practised in the Province of Quebec, in the time of the French Government) - Édition
- Livre (An abstract of the loix de police, or, Public regulations for the establishment of peace and good order, that were of force in the Province of Quebec, in the time of the French Government) - Édition
- Livre (An abstract of those parts of the custom of the viscounty and provostship of Paris, which were received and practised in the Province of Quebec, in the time of the French government) - Édition
- Livre (An abstract of the several royal edicts and declarations, and provincial regulations and ordinances, that were in force in the Province of Quebec in the time of the French government ; and of the commissions of the several governours-general and intendants of the said province, during the same period) - Édition
Statuts
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Synthèse
La société Eyre and Strahan est fondée en 1770 par Charles Eyre et Wiliam Strahan, alors que Strahan achète une part du brevet d'imprimeur du roi d'Angleterre à Eyre. Cette charge leur donne la quasi-exclusivité de l'impression de la King James Bible et du Book of Common Prayers. Charles Eyre est le fils de John Eyre, imprimeur du roi, qui lui cède son brevet. Pour sa part, William Strahan (1715-1785) est originaire d'Écosse. Il y étudie pour devenir imprimeur, puis se rend à Londres où il travaille comme journalier dans le domaine de l'imprimerie avant de devenir maître imprimeur.
La maison publie plusieurs documents administratifs. Quelques imprimés touchent le Québec, notamment An abstract of the loix de police, or, Public regulations for the establishment of peace and good order, that were of force in the Province of Quebec, in the time of the French Government (1772), An abstract of the several royal edicts and declarations, and provincial regulations and ordinances, that were in force in the Province of Quebec in the time of the French government ; and of the commissions of the several governours-general and intendants of the said province, during the same period (1772) et An abstract of those parts of the custom of the viscounty and provostship of Paris, which were received and practised in the Province of Quebec, in the time of the French government.
Références
Notices bibliographiques :
- MELLOT, Jean-Dominique, Antoine MONAQUE et Élisabeth QUEVAL. Répertoire d'imprimeurs-libraires, vers 1500-vers 1810. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2004. 668 p.
- Significant Scotts. William Strahan [En Ligne]. http://www.electricscotland.com/
- s.a. Wikipedia. L'encyclopédie libre [En Ligne]. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accueil
