Publications of J. Clarke

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 J. Clarke

  • A pleasant song of the valiant deeds of chivalry. Atchieved [sic] by that noble knight Sir Guy of Warwick, who for the love of fair Phillis, became a hermet, and dyed in a cave of craggy rock, a mile distant from Warwick. To the tune of, was ever man. London]: Printed for J[.] Clarke, VV. Thackeray, and T. Passinger, [between 1684 and 1686. ESTC No. R234217. Grub Street ID 105571.
  • P., L.. Dead and alive. This ditty out of Glocester-shire was sent, to London for to have it put in print: therefore draw near, and listen unto this, it doth concern a man that did amiss, and so to shun the anger of his wife, he thought with poyson for to end his life: but in the stead of poyson he drank sack, for which his wife did soundly pay his back. To the tune of, Old flesh. London]: Printed for J. C[larke], W. T[hackeray]. and T. P[assinger], [between 1684 and 1686. ESTC No. R182060. Grub Street ID 72387.
  • King Jameses royal victory. Giving an account of the great conquest his gracious Majesty hath happily gained over the rebels; also the taking and execution of the late Duke of Monmouth, who was beheaded on Tower-Hill, on Wednesday the 15th of this instant July, 1685. To th tune of, Russels farewel. London]: Printed for [J.] Clarke, VV. Thackeray, and T. Passinger, [1685. ESTC No. R179283. Grub Street ID 70763.