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ID	2577
Name	Elizabeth Stevens [before 1750, Baldwin]
Gender	Female
Street Address	2 Stationers Court, Ludgate Street
City	London
Start Date	1748
End Date	1776
Sources	British Book Trade Index (#https://bbti.grubstreetproject.net/details_trader.php?id=3208) Exeter Working Papers in Book History (#https://bookhistory.blogspot.com/2007/01/berch-s.html) British Book Trade Index (#https://bbti.grubstreetproject.net/details_trader.php?id=66236)
Related People	Stevens, Elizabeth
Notes	There are gaps in Elizabeth Stevens' career that require further research; she took over the business for her husband Robert Baldwin at his death in 1748 (BBTI, Elizabeth Baldwin entry), and then married Paul Stevens in 1750. The BBTI record for Elizabeth Stevens (linked) states she succeeded Paul Stevens, and operated from 1768-1776, but unsure why it is suggested she was not operating between 1750 and 1768 given that she had her own business after Baldwin's death. In 1776 she was succeeded by her niece, Ann Jeffries (Maxted, under the Victor Berch newspaper extracts entry for Elizabeth Stevens). Her location may have changed from Ludgate Street to Bible & Crown at Stationers' Hall after she succeeded Stevens.

Titles

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Firm Role	Title	Contributors	Date
Bookseller	An accurate new spelling dictionary, and expositor of the English language. Containing a much larger collection of modern words than any book of the kind and price extant: and shewing how the same are to be written correctly, and pronounced properly; with the different meanings or significations of each word. To which is added, an entire new dictionary of all the Heathen Gods and Goddesses: and also of the most illustrious heroes treated of by Homer, Virgil, Ovid, and other antient poets: with a summary account of their origin, descent, expolits, &c. To the whole is prefixed, a compendious, practical grammar of the English language. By A. Fisher, author of the practical new English grammar, with exercises of bad English: the new English tutor, calculated for the new method of teaching, &c. The second edition, much improved.	Fisher Slack , Ann (Author) Stevens , Elizabeth (Bookseller)	1773
Bookseller	An accurate new spelling dictionary, and expositor of the English language. Containing a much larger collection of modern words than any book of the kind and price extant: and shewing how the same are to be written correctly, and pronounced properly; with the different meanings or significations of each word. To which is added an entire new dictionary of all the heathen gods and goddesses: and also of the most illustrious heroes treated of by Homer, Virgil, Ovid, and other ancient poets: with a summary account of their origin, descent, and exploits, and how represented by statuaries, painters, &c. To the whole is prefixed, a compendious, practical grammar of the English language. By A. Fisher, author of the Practical new English grammar, with exercises of bad English; the New English tutor, calculated for the new method of teaching English, &c. &c. The third edition, much improved.	Fisher Slack , Ann (Author) Stevens , Elizabeth (Bookseller)	1777
Bookseller	An accurate new spelling dictionary, and expositor of the English language. Containing a much larger collection of modern words than any book of the kind and price extant: and shewing how the same are to be written correctly, and pronounced properly; with the different meanings or significations of each word. To which is added an entire new dictionary of all the heathen gods and goddesses: and also of the most illustrious heroes treated of by Homer, Virgil, Ovid, and other ancient poets: with a summary account of their origin, descent, and exploits, and how represented by statuaries, painters, &c. To the whole is prefixed, a compendious, practical grammar of the English language. By A. Fisher, author of the Practical new English grammar, with exercises of bad English; the New English tutor, calculated for the new method of teaching English, &c. &c. The fourth edition, much improved.	Fisher Slack , Ann (Author) Stevens , Elizabeth (Bookseller)	1782

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"Elizabeth Stevens [before 1750, Baldwin]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Firm ID 2577, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/firm/2577. Accessed 2025-04-25.

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