Publications of William Mason

Note: The following printer, bookseller, or publisher lists are works in progress. They are generated from title page imprints and may reproduce false and misleading attributions or contain errors.

What does "printed by" mean? How to read the roles ascribed to people in the imprints.

In terms of the book trades, the lists below are sorted into up to four groups where: the person is designated in the imprint as having a single role:

  1. "printed by x"; or
  2. "sold by x"; or
  3. "printed for x" or "published by x";

or as having the seller and printer roles in combination, or an absence of the printer's name following "London: printed:" or "London: printed,":

  1. "printed and sold by x"; or "printed for and sold by x"; or "printed by and for x"; or "printed: and sold by x"; or "printed, and sold by x";  and so on.

On this last point, trade publishers may seem to have "printed" or "published" the work, though they did not own the copyright. The lists below reflect only the information on the imprint, except where ESTC provides extra information.

See also "The Meaning of the Imprint."

Printed by William Mason

  • The by-laws, or constitutional form of government of the Episcopal Church of St. Philip, in the city of Charleston, and the state of South-Carolina. Charleston [S.C.]: Printed by William Mason, no. 44, Bay, MDCCXCVIII. [1798]. ESTC No. W5275. Grub Street ID 354229.

Sold by William Mason

  • Batty, or Batta tables, for turning, or reducing Arcot, Madrass, and Bombay pice, annoes, and rupees, to Bengall currency; and currency to Arcot, Madrass, or Bombay specie. Calculated from 1 pie to 1000000 of rupees. Also, Tables shewing how many Rupees, &c. 100 Ounces of various Species of Silver-Coin produce in Madrass, and Bombay Mints. London: printed and sold by William Mason, facing the Royal Exchange, M.DCC.LVI. [1756]. ESTC No. N43570. Grub Street ID 29310.

Printed for William Mason

  • Thompson, Nathaniel. The tryal of Nathanael Thompson, John Farewell, William Pain, before the Right Honourable Sir Fran. Pemberton Kt. Lord Chief Justice of England, by nisi prius. At Guild-Hall, London, the twentieth of June, 1682. For writing, and publishing, scandalous letters to Mr. Miles Prance, in relation to the death of Sir Edmund-Bury Godfrey. London: printed for William Mason, 1682. ESTC No. R22848. Grub Street ID 101154.