A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/West (Simon)
WEST (SIMON), bookseller in London; Blackamore's Head in great Wood-street, neer Cheapside, 1637-46. Took up his freedom February 6th, 1637. [Arber, iii. 688.] Became a teacher of shorthand and wrote and published a book on the subject entitled Arts Improvement: or Short and swift Writing … London, 1647. [B.M. 1043, c. 45.]