A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Harrison (Martha)
HARRISON (MARTHA), bookseller in London; Lamb. East end of Paul's, 1649-57. Probably widow of John Harrison, q.v., and mother of John Harrison, junr., q.v. On July 13th, 1649, a warrant was issued by the Council of State for the apprehension of Martha Harrison and Francis Heldersham, q.v., for printing and publishing a seditious libel called Pragmaticus. [Calendar of State Papers, 1649-50, p. 541. See also Ellis, W.] A list of ten books published by her, including Mascal's Government of Cattle; Wentworth's Miscellanea; an edition of the fourth book of Cornelius Agrippa in English, as well as medical and astrological works, is given at the end of R. Turner's translation of L. Cambachius, Sal, Lumen & Spiritus Mundi, 1657. [B.M. 8630. a. 21.]