Publications of W. Shropshire

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."

Sold by W. Shropshire

  • Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas. The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English from the last Paris edition, by several hands. ... To which is prefix'd his life, written to Joseph Addison, Esq; by Mronsieur [sic] Des Maizeaux. And some account of this translation, by N. Rowe, Esq; Adorned with cuts. The second edition.. London: printed and sold by W. Shropshire; and Edward Littleton, 1736. ESTC No. N25822. Grub Street ID 15178.

Printed for W. Shropshire

  • Renolds, George. The history of ancient coins, weights and measures. Including the life and glorious actions of King Solomon: Being a particular account of his riches, power, and extensive jurisdiction; with an exact description of the structure, dimensions and magnificence of his temple. Also a calculation of the value of ancient money reduced to the standard of our British coin. To which is added, a treatise concerning gold and silver; and easy rules for melting and weighing the same, by a method intirely new. London: Printed for W. Shropshire, at the Peacock in Castle-street, Leicester-Fields; A. Dodd, without Temple-Bar; J. Jackson, in Pall-Mall; J. Smith, in Bond-street; J. Marshall, in Newgate-street: and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1730. ESTC No. N54703. Grub Street ID 38368.