Publications of gentlewomens works

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 gentlewomens works

  • A description of the city of London. The metropolis of Great Britain. Shewing the antiquity, scituation, customs and many other things worthy of observation, and also the alterations that are now made for the greater convenience of passage and beautifying of the city. London]: Printed by John Overton at the White-horse, without New-gate, where you may have all sorts of maps, large and small, blank bonds, copy books, books of architecture, French and Dutch prints; and all sorts of birds, beasts, flowers, and phantasies coloured neatly for gentlewomens works, and all other things of that nature, [1676. ESTC No. R171747. Grub Street ID 65863.