Robert Sayer

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Robert Sayer (1725–1794) was a British printer and mapseller. He was based near the Golden Buck on Fleet Street in London.[1]

Samuel Boulton's 1787 map of Africa, published by Robert Sayer

His brother James married the widowed Mary Overton, daughter-in-law of John Overton the printseller. Sayer became her assistant, being called manager of the Golden Buck by 1748, and in this way gradually took over the existing Overton business as a going concern.[2] He moved into atlases and other cartographic works, publishing the Mundane System (1774) of Samuel Dunn.[3]

Sayer sold out a successful enterprise to Robert Laurie and James Whittle, both of whom had worked for him.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Robert Sayer (Biographical details)
  2. ↑ Clayton, Timothy. "Overton family". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64997.  (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fisher, Susanna. "Sayer, Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50893.  (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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