Lawrence, Peter

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Dates Active in Dublin: 

1697–1709

Business Type: 
Music seller
Address(es): 

Bridge Street, c. 1698
Merchant's Quay, c. 1698–1709

Details: 

Apprenticed to his brother-in-law Thomas Servant (Munter).

Named as a book and music-seller in imprints of Brent & Powell (c. 1698) and Brocas (1706).

Succeeded in business by his wife Mary Lawrence (Munter).

[Dates and addresses differ according to sources: Humphries and Smith gives Bridge Street c. 1698. Boydell (Calendar) gives Bridge Street c. 1698 and Merchant's Quay c. 1706. Munter gives Merchant's Quay from 1679 to 1709.]

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Published

  • The Psalms of David in Metre. Newly translated With Amendments by William Barton M.A. And Sett to the best Psalm-Tunes In Two Parts, viz Treble and Bass; With Brief Instructions for the under standing of the same; together with a Table of the Psalms, and Names of the Tunes to each Psalm. by Thomas Smith. The Basses, with the Table, are placed at the latter end of the Book. To God with understanding Praises sing, For over all the Earth he is the King. Dublin Printed by J. Brent and S. Powell, at the Back of Dick's Coffee-House in Skinner-Row, and are to be Sold by Peter Lawrence at his Shop in Bridge-street, near the Old Bridge[1698] (EEBO)
  • The Psalms of David in metre. Newly translated with amendments. By William Barton M.A. And set to the best psalm-tunes, in two parts, viz. treble and bass; ... The second edition, corrected and amended. With the basses. By Thomas Smith. Dublin printed by J. Brocas, for Elip. Dobson, Tho. Servant; booksellers in Castle street; and Peter Lawrence, bookseller on the Merchant-Key 1706
    • See Also: 

    Brent, John
    Brent & Powell
    Brocas, John
    Dobson, Eliphal (i)
    Powell, Stephen
    Servant, Thomas

    Source(s): 

    'The Psalms of David in Metre' [1698] in Early English Books Online <http://http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_id=xri:eebo:image:29819> [accessed 12 November 2012]

    Dix, E.R. McC., ‘Some Dublin Music Printers and Music Sellers of the Eighteenth Century’, The Irish Book Lover, 18.1 (January/February 1930), 26–28 (p. 27)

    Humphries, Charles and William C. Smith, Music Publishing in the British Isles, from the Beginning until the Middle of the Nineteenth Century; a Dictionary of Engravers, Printers, Publishers, and Music Sellers (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), p. 206

    Boydell, Brian, A Dublin Musical Calendar 1700–1760 (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1988), p. 261

    Munter, Robert, A Dictionary of the Print Trade in Ireland: 1550–1775 (New York: Fordham University Press, 1988), p. 164

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Lawrence, Peter’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

    Last Update: 12-02-2017