Publications of Michael Paterson

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 Michael Paterson

  • Guthrie, William. The Christians great interest; or, A short treatise, divided into two parts. The first whereof, containeth the tryal of a saving interest in Christ. The second, pointeth forth plainly the way how to attain it: wherein somewhat is likewayes spoken to the manner of express covenanting with God. By William Guthrie, minister of the gospel at New-Kilmarnock. Edinb.: printed by Christopher Higgins, for Michael Paterson, John Morison, and John Falconer, booksellers in Glasgow, 1659. ESTC No. R177747. Grub Street ID 69743.