James Sprent Virtue (1829 – 1892) was a British publisher. He was born at 26 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, London, EC on 18 May 1829. His father, George Virtue, was the founder in London of a publishing business the main feature of which was the production of illustrated works.
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