Publications of Thomas Woodfall

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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 by Thomas Woodfall

  • Boaden, James. Airs, trios, and chorusses; in a new play, called The Italian monk. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Hay-Market. The overture, and musick, by Dr. Arnold. London: printed by T. Woodfall; for T. Cadell, and W. Davis, 1797. ESTC No. N29548. Grub Street ID 18677.
  • Dibdin, Charles. A collection of songs, selected from the works of Mr. Dibdin. Third edition. With additions and alterations. Volume I. London: printed by T. Woodfall. Published and sold by the author at his warehouse, Leister-Place [sic], Leister-Square [sic], [1798]. ESTC No. N28509. Grub Street ID 17731.
  • Dibdin, Thomas. Five thousand a year, a comedy, in three acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. By Thomas Dibdin, author of the Jew and Doctor, Mouth of the Nile. &c. &c. London: printed by T. Woodfall, Drury-Lane; for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, [1799]. ESTC No. T54930. Grub Street ID 281556.
  • Colman, George. Blue-Beard; or, female curiosity! A dramatick romance; first represented at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, on Tuesday Jan. 16th. 1798. Written by George Colman, the Younger,. The sixth edition.. London: printed by T. Woodfall; for Messrs. Cadell and Davis, Strand, [1800?]. ESTC No. T9485. Grub Street ID 314377.
  • Holman, J. G. Songs, duets, & chorusses, in What a blunder! A comic opera, in three acts. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Hay-Market, August 14th, 1800. The overture, and the whole of the music, by Mr. Davy. London: printed by T. Woodfall, for W. Miller, 1800. ESTC No. N37039. Grub Street ID 24991.

Printed for Thomas Woodfall

  • The dramatic works of John O'Keeffe, Esq. Published under the gracious patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Prepared for the press by the author. In four volumes. . London: printed for the author, by T. Woodfall; and sold by Messrs. Longman, Robinsons, Debrett, Cadell and Davies, Nicholl, Payne, Egerton, White, Hookham and Carpenter, Cawthorne, Bell, London; Archer, Dublin; Creech, Edinburgh; Meyler, Bath; Fletcher, Oxford; Deighton. Cambridge; Humphreys, Chichester; Gregory, Brighton; Motley, Portsmouth; Gardner, Margate; &c. (entered at Stationers' Hall.), 1798. ESTC No. T106354. Grub Street ID 159525.