Publications of J. Dixwell

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 J. Dixwell

  • Hales, Charles. A letter addressed to Caesar Hawkins, Esq; Serjeant Surgeon to His Majesty, containing new thoughts and observations, in the cure of the venereal disease; the result of experience, in long and extensive practice. ... By Charles Hales, . London: printed and sold by J. Dixwell; also sold by J. Almon; J. Williams; and the pamphlet shops at the Royal Exchange, [1770?]. ESTC No. T155024. Grub Street ID 198919.

Printed for J. Dixwell

  • Jebb, John. An address to the freeholders of Middlesex, assembled at Freemasons Tavern, in Great Queen Street, upon Monday the 20th of December 1779, Being the day appointed for a meeting of the freeholders, for the purpose of establishing meetings to maintain and support the freedom of election. London: Printed for J. Dixwell, No. 148, St. Martin's Lane, near Charing Cross; T. Cadell, in the Strand; J. Almon, Piccadilly; and J. Bew, Pater-noster Row, [1779]. ESTC No. N28386. Grub Street ID 17620.