Author: Molleson, Alexander
Biography:
MOLLESON, Alexander (fl 1798-1827: SBTI)
He was a Glasgow bookseller with a shop first in Glassford St. and then in Albion St. His earliest publication is probably his 1798 Melody the Soul of Music: an Essay Towards the Improvement of the Musical Art. Other works include: The Critical Bee; or Beauties of New Publications (1805), Beauties of Select Living Poets (1808), and an 1822 prospectus for a book on Hannibal. The Scottish Book Trade Index records him as continuing to trade until 1827, but no details about his life have been located. (Scottish Book Trade Index) SR
Books written (3):
Glasgow/ Edinburgh: Brash and Reid/ A. Constable, 1801
Glasgow: printed for the author by R. Chapman, 1806
2nd edn. Glasgow: printed for Alexander Molleson by R. Chapman, 1806