John Petheram (died 1858) was an English antiquarian and publisher.
Petheram issued, under the general title of âÂÂPuritan Discipline Tracts,â between 1843 and 1847, from 71 Chancery Lane, London, with introductions and notes, reprints of six rare tracts dealing with the Martin Mar-Prelate controversy of 1589âÂÂ92. Their titles are: âÂÂAn Epitome,â âÂÂAn Epistle,â âÂÂPappe with a Hatchet,â âÂÂHay any Worke for Cooper,â âÂÂAn Almond for a Parrat,â and Bishop Cooper's âÂÂAdmonition,â 8vo. He also edited âÂÂA Brief Discourse of the Troubles begun at Frankfort, 1575,â London, 1846, sm. 8vo, and a âÂÂBibliographical Miscellany,â 5 pts. (1859, in one vol.). He wrote a useful âÂÂHistorical Sketch of the Progress and Present State of Anglo-Saxon Literature in England,â London, 1840, 8vo, and âÂÂReasons for establishing an Authors' Publication Society,â 1843, a pamphlet in which he recommended great reductions in the prices of books and publication at net prices only. Petheram afterwards had a secondhand bookseller's shop in Holborn, where he died in December 1858.