Publications of G. Hay

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 for G. Hay

  • Defoe, Daniel. The history of the Devil, ancient and modern in two parts. Part I. Containing a state of the devil's circumstances, from his expulsion out of heaven to the creation; with remarks on the several mistakes concerning his fall. Part II. Containing his more private conduct down to the present times: his government, his appearances; his manner of working, and the tools he works with. In which is included, a description of the devil's dwelling. London: Printed for G. Hay, in Piccadilly, M.DCC.LXXX. [1780]. ESTC No. N33219. Grub Street ID 21729.