Nathaniel Crouch
Nathaniel Crouch (born c. 1632) was an English printer and bookseller, and under the pseudonym Robert or Richard Burton (sometimes, R.B.) wrote historical books as well. As a historian, he is considered a hack, borrowing material from other books and rewriting them under his pseudonym, then publishing and marketing them under the Crouch imprint. Though he was the type of writer/publisher denounced in the following century by writers such as Samuel Butler (''Prose Observations'') and Alexander Pope (''The Dunciad''), more recent assessments of his life and career see him as an important figure in the development of historiography, especially in the popularization of a hitherto high-culture genre of discourse.Crouch was one of the authors who covered the 1655 Whitehall Conference to consider the resettlement of the Jews in England (the other being Henry Jessey). The report is found in the 1719 edition of his ''Two Journeys to Jerusalem''. It is different from Jessey's version in two respects: firstly it actually names the participants and secondly it includes some anti-Semitic additions to the conclusions of the conference.
Around September 30, 1681, an unlikely forerunner of ''Reader's Digest'', called ''Historical Rarities in London and Westminster'' was first published by Crouch. Robert Chambers' ''Book of Days'' (1864) elaborated:
"With probably little education, but something of a natural gift for writing, Crouch had the sagacity to see that the works of the learned, from their form and price, were kept within a narrow circle of readers, while there was a vast multitude outside who were able and willing to read, provided that a literature suited to their means and capacities was supplied to them. He accordingly set himself the task of transfusing large and pompous books into a series of small, cheap volumes, modestly concealing his authorship under his ''nom de plume''. Thus, he produced ''Surprising Miracles of Nature and Art'', and many other treatises on very plain paper, and sold [them] at an exceedingly reasonable rate. His enterprise and diligence were rewarded by large sales and considerable wealth." Provided by Wikipedia
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1728
Published 1728
Printed and A. Bettewworthe at the Red Lyon, and J. Battely at the Dove, in Pater-noster-Row
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1729
Published 1729
printed for A. Bettesworth at the Red-Lyon and J. Batley at the Dove, in Pater-Noster-Row
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1796
Published 1796
printed and published by W. Matthews, No. 62, Broad-Mead, sold also by the booksellers in town and country
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1728
Published 1728
printed for A. Bettesworth at the Red-Lyon, and J. Batley at the Dove, in Pater-Noster-Row
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1762
Published 1762
printed by David Paterson, and sold by him at his Printing-House opposite Libberron's Wynd, Lawn-Market : and by the booksellers
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1727
Published 1727
Printed for Sam. Fuller, at the Globe in Meath Street, by Eliz. Sadleir
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1763
Published 1763
Printed by David Paterson, and sold by him at his Printing-House opposite Libberton's Wynd, Lawn-Market; and by the booksellers
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1709
Published 1709
Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in [the] Poultrey, against Grocers-Alley near Cheapside
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1706
Published 1706
printed for Nath. Crouch, at the Bell over-against Grocers-Alley in the Poultry, near Cheapside
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1729
Published 1729
printed for A. Bettesworth at the Red-Lyon, and J. Batley at the Dove, in Pater-noster-Row
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1715
Published 1715
printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell against Grocers-Alley in the Poultrey, near Cheapside
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1711
Published 1711
printed for Nath. Crouch, at the Bell against Grocers-Alley in the Poultry, near Cheapside
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1739
Published 1739
Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch at the Red-Lion in Pater-noster-Row; and James Hodges at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1729
Published 1729
printed for A. Bettesworth at the Red-Lyon, and J. Batley at the Dove, in Pater-noster-Row
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1729
Published 1729
printed for A. Bettesworth at the Red-Lyon, and J. Batley at the Dove, in Pater-Noster-Row
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1704
Published 1704
Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultrey, near Cheapside
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by Crouch, Nathaniel
Published 1728
Published 1728
Printed for A. Bettesworth at the Red Lyon, and J. Batley at the Dove, in Pater-noster-Row
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