Bell, John 1745-26.feb.1831 England, ? - London Fulham
bookseller, publisher, agent for the Martin brothers Apollo Press Edinburgh, 1782 he published the 109 volume Bell's edition The Poets of Great Britain, other mayor publications are Shakespeare and The British Theatre, proprietor of Fashionable World, Oracle and 1772 of the Morning Post, he established the Sunday newspaper Bell's Weekly Messenger and the women's magazine La Belle Assemblee, called 'the mischievous spirit, the very puck of booksellers' he combined the stock of some forty publishing firms to secure a monopoly of the best publications

Title	Parts

[] Goetz of Berlichingen. Drama. 1773 playwrite Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) english translation Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) printed for John Bell, London 1799
[] The Quaker. Opera. 3may1775 music and libretto Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) printed for John Bell, London 1777
[] A bold stroke for a wife. Comedy playwrite Mrs. Susanna Centlivre (c1667-1723) printed for John Bell, London near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand, 1776
[] The relapse or Virtue in danger. Comedy playwrite Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) printed for John Bell, London near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand, 1777
[] The Corsicans. Drama playwrite August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819) printed for John Bell, London 1799

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