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Chiswick Press

Chiswick Press is a printing company at Chiswick and Chancery Lane. It was established in 1811. It ceased in 1962. Its recorded founder is Charles Whittingham.

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Constitution and standing

It is classified as printing company and private press.

Its recorded field of business is printing. It works in printing, publishing, typography and printmaking.

Identity

What the record establishes about Chiswick Press.

On the question of authorship in "Academical Dissertations" : a paper read at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Library Association of the United Kingdom, Sept. 15, 1881 / by Benjamin R. Wheatley. is dated 1883 and held by Wellcome Collection. William Gilbert, and terrestrial magnetism in the time of Queen Elizabeth : a discourse / by Silvanus P. Thompson [at the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, March 23, 1903. is dated 1903] and held by Wellcome Collection. Gilbert of Colchester, father of electrical science : a reprint of the chapter on electrics from De magnete, lib. 2 / with notes by Silvanus P. Thompson. is dated 1903 and held by Wellcome Collection. Bibliothèque de la Providence : catalogue of the French Hospital / by R.S. Faber ; with an introduction by A.G. Browning. is dated 1890 and held by Wellcome Collection. Epistle of Petrus Peregrinus of Maricourt : to Sygerus of Foncaucourt/ soldier/ concerning the magnet. is dated [1902] and held by Wellcome Collection. Seminars in practical forensic psychiatry / edited by Derek Chiswick & Rosemarie Cope. is dated [1995] and held by Wellcome Collection.

A bibliography of British Lepidoptera, 1608-1799 / [Arthur A. Lisney]. is dated 1960 and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 59 objects associated with this heading. Chiswick Press is associated with United Kingdom.

Holdings and surviving copies

Where material relating to Chiswick Press is held.

The first six books of the elements of Euclid, in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners (1847) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. An address delivered by William Morris at the distribution of prizes to students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art on Feb. 21, 1894 (1898) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The great works of Sir David Wilkie : twenty-six photographs from the celebrated engravings of his most important paintings (1868) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Gilbert of Colchester, father of electrical science : a reprint of the chapter on electrics from De magnete, lib. 2 (1903) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Letters from Portugal, Spain, Sicily, and Malta : in 1812, 1813, and 1814 (1875) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The finding of Pheidippides, and other poems (1901) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Some hints on pattern designing (1899) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Two Essays on the Remnant (1894) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Poems by John Keats (1897) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Songs in the South (1881) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Salt-water ballads (1913) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The green window (1899) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 59 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Account Books of the Chiswick Press, The British Museum Quarterly, 1930. Carmel U. Chiswick, Judaism in Transition: How Economic Choices Shape Religious Tradition. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014. 234 pp., Oxford Scholarship Online, 2018. More Chiswick Press Papers, The British Museum Quarterly, 1963.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 7 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

It is associated with United Kingdom. The record gives 1811 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Activity is recorded as ending in 1962.

Its recorded founders are Charles Whittingham. Its recorded seat is Chiswick and Chancery Lane. The recorded field of activity is printing.

Chronology

  1. 1608A bibliography of British Lepidoptera, 1608-1799 / [Arthur A. Lisney]. is dated 1960 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  2. 1811Chiswick Press established.
  3. 1812Letters from Portugal, Spain, Sicily, and Malta : in 1812, 1813, and 1814 (1875) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  4. 1847The first six books of the elements of Euclid, in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1847The first six books of the elements of Euclid, in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners (1847) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  6. 1868The great works of Sir David Wilkie : twenty-six photographs from the celebrated engravings of his most important paintings (1868) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  7. 1881Songs in the South digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1881On the question of authorship in "Academical Dissertations" : a paper read at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Library Association of the United Kingdom, Sept. 15, 1881 / by Benjamin R. Wheatley. is dated 1883 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  9. 1881Songs in the South (1881) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  10. 1890Bibliothèque de la Providence : catalogue of the French Hospital / by R.S. Faber ; with an introduction by A.G. Browning. (Wellcome Collection).
  11. 1890Bibliothèque de la Providence : catalogue of the French Hospital / by R.S. Faber ; with an introduction by A.G. Browning. is dated 1890 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  12. 1894Two Essays on the Remnant digitised by Internet Archive.
  13. 1894An address delivered by William Morris at the distribution of prizes to students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art on Feb. 21, 1894 (1898) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  14. 1894Two Essays on the Remnant (1894) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  15. 1897Poems by John Keats digitised by Internet Archive.
  16. 1897Poems by John Keats (1897) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  17. 1898An address delivered by William Morris at the distribution of prizes to students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art on Feb. 21, 1894 digitised by Internet Archive.
  18. 1899Some hints on pattern designing (1899) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  19. 1899The green window (1899) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  20. 1901The finding of Pheidippides, and other poems (1901) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  21. 1902Epistle of Petrus Peregrinus of Maricourt : to Sygerus of Foncaucourt/ soldier/ concerning the magnet. (Wellcome Collection).
  22. 1902Epistle of Petrus Peregrinus of Maricourt : to Sygerus of Foncaucourt/ soldier/ concerning the magnet. is dated [1902] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  23. 1903William Gilbert, and terrestrial magnetism in the time of Queen Elizabeth : a discourse / by Silvanus P. Thompson. (Wellcome Collection).
  24. 1903Gilbert of Colchester, father of electrical science : a reprint of the chapter on electrics from De magnete, lib. 2 / with notes by Silvanus P. Thompson. (Wellcome Collection).
  25. 1903William Gilbert, and terrestrial magnetism in the time of Queen Elizabeth : a discourse / by Silvanus P. Thompson [at the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, March 23, 1903. is dated 1903] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  26. 1903Gilbert of Colchester, father of electrical science : a reprint of the chapter on electrics from De magnete, lib. 2 / with notes by Silvanus P. Thompson. is dated 1903 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  27. 1903Gilbert of Colchester, father of electrical science : a reprint of the chapter on electrics from De magnete, lib. 2 (1903) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  28. 1913Salt-water ballads digitised by Internet Archive.
  29. 1913Salt-water ballads (1913) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  30. 1962Chiswick Press ceased.
  31. 1995Seminars in practical forensic psychiatry / edited by Derek Chiswick & Rosemarie Cope. (Wellcome Collection).
  32. 1995Seminars in practical forensic psychiatry / edited by Derek Chiswick & Rosemarie Cope. is dated [1995] and held by Wellcome Collection.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Account Books of the Chiswick Press, The British Museum Quarterly, 1930

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Carmel U. Chiswick, Judaism in Transition: How Economic Choices Shape Religious Tradition. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014. 234 pp., Oxford Scholarship Online, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Chiswick Press, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    More Chiswick Press Papers, The British Museum Quarterly, 1963

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 5262035-9, Chiswick Press (London).

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  6. 6.

    Internet Archive, 175 digitised items catalogued under Chiswick Press as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 59 works naming Chiswick Press.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q4515798: Chiswick Press

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  9. 9.

    “Chiswick Press”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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