Garrat Noel
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Garrat Noel was a bookseller and educator in New York, New York, in the 18th century. He emigrated from Cadiz
in 1750. In 1751 he worked as a "teacher of the Spanish tongue
... also ... reading, writing, arithmetick and merchants accompts." By 1752 he kept a shop on Broad Street
, and in 1753 on Dock Street. From his shop Noel also operated a circulating library
of "several thousand volumes of choice books, in history, divinity, travels, voyages, novels, &c."
In addition to books and periodicals Noel sold stationary and other sundries: "Playing cards by the dozen or single pack. Best ink powder and ink. Paper of all sorts, by the ream or quire, penknives
, pencils, quils
, pens, wax, and seals, ink-pots and pewter-stands, and boxes, paste-board files with laces, brass-wire files, blanks of all sorts, scales and dividers, and pocket compasses, pounce
and pounce-boxes, memorandum books, fountain pens, ivory folders, leather paper cases, blank books for accounts of all sorts, alphabets, copy books, receipt books, 9 leaved carts of the Channel and West Indies. Likewise a fresh assortment of the famous tooth powder, Stoughton's Bitters, lotion water, smelling bottles, viper drops, Turlington and West's pectoral elixer, lavender drops, and lavender water." In 1753 he carried in his shop "curious bustos
, fit furniture for gentlmen's houses, in plaister of paris, plain, polished and burnished in gold, with black pedestals, all very fine drapery, viz. Shakespear and Milton, Homer and Virgil, Horace and Tully, Cicero and Plato, Caesar and Seneca, Prior and Congrave, Addison and Pope, Lock and Newton, Dryden and Gay, Venus and Apollo, Ovid and Julia. Likewise a parcel of pictures in the newest and genteelest taste."
Among the titles offered for sale by Noel in 1755:
According to contemporary anecdotes, a customer once travelled to Noel's bookshop from "some distance up Hudson River" especially to purchase "Spanish bulls
" advertised by Noel in the newspapers. The "old Scotchman" mistook the documents "for cattle
."
Noel died in 1776 in Elizabethtown, New Jersey.
Cádiz
Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....
in 1750. In 1751 he worked as a "teacher of the Spanish tongue
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
... also ... reading, writing, arithmetick and merchants accompts." By 1752 he kept a shop on Broad Street
Broad Street (Manhattan)
Broad Street is located in the Financial District in the New York City borough of Manhattan, stretching from South Street to Wall Street.- History :...
, and in 1753 on Dock Street. From his shop Noel also operated a circulating library
Lending library
A lending library is a library from which books are lent out. The earliest reference to or use of the term "lending library" yet located in English correspondence dates from ca. 1586; C'Tess Pembroke Ps. CXII. v, "He is .....
of "several thousand volumes of choice books, in history, divinity, travels, voyages, novels, &c."
In addition to books and periodicals Noel sold stationary and other sundries: "Playing cards by the dozen or single pack. Best ink powder and ink. Paper of all sorts, by the ream or quire, penknives
Penknife
A penknife, or pen knife, is a small folding pocket knife, originally used for cutting or sharpening a quill to make a pen nib. Originally, penknives did not necessarily have folding blades, but resembled a scalpel or wood knife by having a short, fixed blade at the end of a long handle...
, pencils, quils
Quill
A quill pen is a writing implement made from a flight feather of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen, metal-nibbed pens, the fountain pen, and, eventually, the ballpoint pen...
, pens, wax, and seals, ink-pots and pewter-stands, and boxes, paste-board files with laces, brass-wire files, blanks of all sorts, scales and dividers, and pocket compasses, pounce
Pounce (calligraphy)
Pounce is a fine powder that was sprinkled over wet ink to hasten drying prior to the invention of blotting paper. The powder was prepared from substances such as finely ground salt, sand, or powdered soft minerals such as talc or soapstone...
and pounce-boxes, memorandum books, fountain pens, ivory folders, leather paper cases, blank books for accounts of all sorts, alphabets, copy books, receipt books, 9 leaved carts of the Channel and West Indies. Likewise a fresh assortment of the famous tooth powder, Stoughton's Bitters, lotion water, smelling bottles, viper drops, Turlington and West's pectoral elixer, lavender drops, and lavender water." In 1753 he carried in his shop "curious bustos
Bust (sculpture)
A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person's head and neck, as well as a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. These forms recreate the likeness of an individual...
, fit furniture for gentlmen's houses, in plaister of paris, plain, polished and burnished in gold, with black pedestals, all very fine drapery, viz. Shakespear and Milton, Homer and Virgil, Horace and Tully, Cicero and Plato, Caesar and Seneca, Prior and Congrave, Addison and Pope, Lock and Newton, Dryden and Gay, Venus and Apollo, Ovid and Julia. Likewise a parcel of pictures in the newest and genteelest taste."
Among the titles offered for sale by Noel in 1755:
- BehnAphra BehnAphra Behn was a prolific dramatist of the English Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing contributed to the amatory fiction genre of British literature.-Early life:...
's Plays - Bowen's New Atlas
- Bysshe's Art of Poetry
- Francis CoventryFrancis CoventryFrancis Coventry was an English novelist, best known for The History of Pompey the Little....
's The History of a Lap Dog, Pompey the Little - EchardLaurence Echard-Life:He was son of the Rev. Thomas Echard or Eachard of Barsham, Suffolk, by his wife, the daughter of Samuel and Dorothy Groome, and was born at Barsham. On 26 May 1687, at the age of seventeen, he was admitted a sizar of Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1692 and M.A. in 1695...
's Gazetteer - FieldingHenry FieldingHenry Fielding was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones....
's Voyage to Lisbon - The Gardner's Dictionary
- Harrison's House-keepers Pocket Companion
- HartleyDavid Hartley (philosopher)David Hartley was an English philosopher and founder of the Associationist school of psychology. -Early life and education:...
's Observations on Man - Edward Hatton's Mathematical Manual
- Eliza HaywoodEliza HaywoodEliza Haywood , born Elizabeth Fowler, was an English writer, actress and publisher. Since the 1980s, Eliza Haywood’s literary works have been gaining in recognition and interest...
's Female Spectator - Heylen's Help to English History
- HibernicusJames ArbuckleJames Arbuckle was an Irish poet and critic, associated politically with Presbyterianism and Whiggism.His birthplace was possibly Belfast, but he was the son of a Presbyterian minister in Dublin, and educated at Glasgow University, where his studies were disrupted by his struggles against...
's Letters - The Hive: a Collection of Choice New Songs
- HughesGriffith HughesThe Reverend Griffith Hughes , FRS, was a naturalist and author. Hughes wrote The Natural History of Barbados, which included the first description of the grapefruit...
' Natural History of Barbados - Hutcheson's Xenophon
- Independent Whig
- Alain-René LesageAlain-René LesageAlain-René Lesage was a French novelist and playwright. Lesage is best known for his comic novel The Devil upon Two Sticks , his comedy Turcaret , and his picaresque novel Gil Blas .-Youth and education:Claude Lesage, the father of the novelist, held the united...
's The Batchelor of Salamanca - Noël-Antoine PlucheNoël-Antoine PlucheNoël-Antoine Pluche ), known as the abbé Pluche, was a French priest. He is now known for his Spectacle de la nature, a most popular work of natural history....
's History of the Heavens - Potter's Antiquities of Greece
- The Tatler
- Wishart's Commentaries on the late War in ItalyWar of the Austrian SuccessionThe War of the Austrian Succession – including King George's War in North America, the Anglo-Spanish War of Jenkins' Ear, and two of the three Silesian wars – involved most of the powers of Europe over the question of Maria Theresa's succession to the realms of the House of Habsburg.The...
- The World in Miniature
- The Young Lady Conducted
According to contemporary anecdotes, a customer once travelled to Noel's bookshop from "some distance up Hudson River" especially to purchase "Spanish bulls
Papal bull
A Papal bull is a particular type of letters patent or charter issued by a Pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the bulla that was appended to the end in order to authenticate it....
" advertised by Noel in the newspapers. The "old Scotchman" mistook the documents "for cattle
Bull
Bull usually refers to an uncastrated adult male bovine.Bull may also refer to:-Entertainment:* Bull , an original show on the TNT Network* "Bull" , an episode of television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation...
."
Noel died in 1776 in Elizabethtown, New Jersey.