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The Leeds Library was situated above Ogle’s bookshop. It moved to a larger building in 1781, the Rotation Office, also on Kirkgate. By then, Ogle the bookseller had died, and his married daughter, Mary Robinson, had taken over the business with her husband, also a bookseller, moving their shop to the Rotation Office, where everyone remained until 1808. Mrs. Robinson’s bookshop moved yet again to be on the ground floor of the new library, and she also became librarian. The new premises were airy, with excellent light from the windows, and large enough to hold a dance in the 1850s. https://www.theleedslibrary.org.uk/happy-birthday-to-the-leeds-library-250-years-old-today/

he plates each bear at their foot “Geo. Walker, Del.”, “Publish’d by Robinson & Son, Leeds.” followed by the date of printing and “Engrav’d by R. Havell” or “Engrav’d by R. & D. Havell.” Each of the separate parts had had its own title-page stating that the printer, T[homas] Bensley of Bolt Court, Fleet Street, had printed the particular part for Robinson and Son of Leeds. Hailstone tells us that the Leeds firm of publishers encouraged George Walker to produce the drawings and text that were to become The costume of Yorkshire. By the time the collected edition of 1814 was published, Robinson &and Son had become Robinson, Son, and Holdsworth: both firms are particularly associated with the Leeds Library because ‘Robinson’ was its recently deceased librarian, Mary Robinson, who died in 1813 – she had been librarian since 1774 as well as running a bookshop. The ‘Son’ was her youngest child, Joseph Ogle Robinson, who was later to become a well known London publisher and partner with Archibald Constable (1774-1827) – most notably in the publication of the works of Sir Walter Scott. Unfortunately little is known of Holdsworth other than he is thought to have come from nearby Wakefield. https://theleedslibrary.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/walkerscostumeofyorkshire/

Mary Robinson was the daughter of Joseph Ogle, Leeds bookseller and first librarian of the Leeds Library from whom she inherited the position. Foreign Library and Leeds Library Collections were maintained by same librarian, Mary Robinson. She died in 1813 and was replaced by her daughter Miss Mary Robinson. - etheses R Bowd The Purposes of Reading

Born 1753. https://www.ancestrylibraryedition.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/25199236:9852 Mary Ogle and John Robinson married 20 April 1776 https://www.ancestrylibraryedition.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/19332973:2256 Daughter Mary Robinson christened 18 Oct 1776

Robinson, Son and Holdsworth, booksellers and agents to the County and Provident, &c. Office 14 and 15 Commercial Street https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/254573/rec/1