Publications of William Wilson

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 Wilson

  • Preliminary articles of peace, between His Britannick Majesty, and the most Christian King, the King of Spain, and the Commissioners of the United States of America. Signed at Versailles, the 20th of January, 1783. ... [Dublin]: London printed: and Dublin, re-printed by William Wilson, 1783. ESTC No. N25418. Grub Street ID 14776.

Printed for William Wilson

  • Paine, Thomas. A letter to the Earl of Shelburne, now Marquis of Lansdowne, on his speech, July 10, 1782, respecting the acknowledgement of American independence. By Thomas Paine, ... Dublin: printed for William Wilson, 1791. ESTC No. N2436. Grub Street ID 13721.