CARNES, EDWARD (1772? - 1828), bookseller and printer at Holywell, Flintshire

Name: Edward Carnes
Date of birth: 1772?
Date of death: 1828
Gender: Male
Occupation: bookseller and printer
Area of activity: Business and Industry; Literature and Writing; Printing and Publishing
Author: William Llewelyn Davies

It is possible that he started printing in June 1796; he may have been a bookseller before that. One of the best examples of his work is his edition, 1823, of David Jones, Blodeu-Gerdd Cymry. His printing office was in Whitford Street in 1828; William Carnes, who was a bookbinder in Well Street at the same time, may have been his brother. Edward Carnes died 25 May 1828, of typhus fever, aged 58.

Author

Sir William Llewelyn Davies, (1887 - 1952)

Sources

Ifano Jones, A history of printing and printers in Wales to 1810, and of successive and related printers to 1923 (Cardiff 1925)

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20732928

Published date: 1959

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