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TONSON , the name of a family of London booksellers and publishers. Richard and Jacob Tonson (c. 16561736), sons of a London barber-surgeon, started in 1676 and 1677 independently as booksellers and publishers in London. In 1679 Jacob, the better known of the two, bought and published Dryden's Troilus and Cressida, and from that time was closely associated with Dryden, and published most of his works. He published the Miscellany Poems (16841708) under Dryden's editorship, the collection being known indifferently as Dryden's or Tonson's Miscellany, and also Dryden's translation
Faction Displayed (1705) Dryden described Tonson as having " two left legs, and Judas-coloured hair ." Subsequently the relations between the two men inlproved. The brothers jointly published Dryden's Spanish Friar (1683). Jacob Tonson also published Congreve 's Double
Pope
gentleman
joint publisher with Samuel Buckley of the Spectator, and in the following year published Addison
original
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