Joseph Cottle

On this corner site from 1791‒1798 Joseph Cottle (1770‒1853) bookseller, publisher and poet. The first effective publisher of the poems of Coleridge, Southey, Lamb and Wordsworth (some of whose works were written here)

Joseph Cottle was a bookseller, publisher, and poet who operated from this site from 1791 to 1798 and played a crucial role in publishing the early works of major Romantic poets including Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, Charles Lamb, and William Wordsworth. His support helped establish these writers' reputations and contributed significantly to the literary culture of the late 18th century.