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Courtesy of the David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection
Courtesy of the David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection
Becket and De Hondt
Courtesy of the David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection

Becket and De Hondt

Active 1760–1770's, London
Thomas Becket and Peter Abraham De Hondt (Active 1760–1770s, London)
Operating from their shop in the Strand, Thomas Becket and Peter Abraham De Hondt were prominent Enlightenment-era booksellers and publishers to the Prince of Wales. The partners specialized in importing European philosophy and literature, introducing foreign scientific and intellectual ideas to the British public.