C. and G. Kearsley (London, publisher/bookseller, fl. 1791–1796)

C. and G. Kearsley was a prominent London bookselling and publishing partnership operating from 46 Fleet Street between 1791 and 1796. The business specialized in highly commercial reference texts, pocket travel guides, peerages, and detailed copperplate engravings. It emerged as a continuation of the prominent printing house originally founded by George Kearsley the elder (1739–1790), who was famous for publishing John Wilkes' radical political paper, The North Briton.

Following his death, his widow, Catharine Kearsley (1741–1809), assumed management and formed a legal partnership with their son, George Kearsley the younger (active 1791–1813), giving rise to the "C. and G. Kearsley" imprint. The partnership was formally dissolved on January 1, 1797, after which the younger George ran the firm independently. Another closely associated family member was their daughter, Catherine Kearsley (active 1799), who married the esteemed London printer Thomas Davison in 1799, linking the family’s distribution operations to one of the era's primary printing houses. 

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