Publications of J. Johnson.

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. Johnson.

  • Bonnycastle, John. An introduction to mensuration, and practical geometry, with notes, containing the reason of every rule. By John Bonnycastle, . The fifth edition, corrected and improved.. London: printed for J. Johnson. 1798. By Bye and Law, [1798]. ESTC No. N2765. Grub Street ID 16898.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by J. Johnson.

  • The country gentleman's companion; or, the farmer's complete accompt-book, for the pocket or desk, for the year 1795. Being a short and easy method of keeping accounts, with the greatest exactness and regularity, whether in the corn, dairy, or grasing line. ... To which are annexed, some useful tables, &c. Bath: printed and sold by J. Johnson. Sold also by the booksellers in Bath; by S. Crowder, London; and by all other booksellers in Great-Britain, [1794?]. ESTC No. T224996. Grub Street ID 247041.