VALL (THOMAS), bookseller (?) in London, 1657. His name occurs on the imprint to T. Woolsey's Reasonable Treatise of this age, 1657. [Hazlitt, ii. 659.]
VAUGHAN (R), printer in London, (1) St. Martin's le Grand; (2) King's College, near Puddledock [Thames Street], 1660-1. In partnership with H. Lloyd. His addresses are found in the following books: (1) Speech and plea of Archibald, Marquis of Argyle, 1660; (2) Last words and actions of John James, 1661.
VAVASOUR (NICHOLAS), bookseller in London; Little South door of Pauls; (2) Inner Temple, 1623-43. Took up his freedom March 22nd, 1622. [Arber, iii. 685.] Amongst his publications was Sir Henry Colthrop's Liberties, Usages and Customes of the City of London, 1642.
VEERE, or VERE (THOMAS), bookseller in London, (1) Upper end of the Old Bayley, near Newgate; (2) Angel in the Old Bailey; (3) Angel without Newgate; (4) Cock in St. John Street, 1667. [1646-80.] Dealt chiefly in ballads and broadsides, in which he was associated with F. Coles, Jo. Wright, and W. Gilbertson.
VERE, see Veere, T.
VERIDICUS (TH.), Edinburgh, 1650. [See H. G. Aldis, List of Books, No. 1412.]
VINCENT or VINSON (ANTHONY), bookseller in London; Old Bailey, 1627-48. Took up his freedom June 21st, 1627. [Arber, iii. 686. Hazlitt, iv. 154, records a speech by Rich. Martin as sold by Ant. Vinson.]
WALBANCKE (MATTHEW), bookseller in London; Gray's Inn Gate, 1618-67. Took up his freedom March 22nd, 1617. [Arber, iii. 684.] Mentioned in a list of dealers in "old libraries," who in 1628 were required to send catalogues of their books to the Archbishop of Canterbury. A publisher of and dealer in law books. He was also the publisher of the news-sheet called the Exact Diary. Had a son, Matthew, apprenticed to him on March 1st, 164950.
