A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Chapman (Laurence)

by Henry Robert Plomer

CHAPMAN (LAURENCE), bookseller in London, (1) Upper end of Chancery Lane, next Holborn; (2) Against Staple Inn; (3) Next doore to ye Fountain Tavern in y^e Strand neare the Savoy. 1620–55. Took up his freedom February 9th, 1618. [Arber, iii. 684.] During the Civil War he was associated with Lawrence Blaiklock and Francis Coles in the publication of the Perfect Diurnal, and also issued The Scottish Dove. Amongst his other publications may be noticed Inigo Jones's work on Stone Henge, 1655, folio.