Publications of William Wilkins

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 by William Wilkins

  • Turner, P. Augustus. A poem on the accession of His Majesty King George. Humbly dedicated to the Right Honourable Charles, Lord Hallifax, one of the Lords Justices appointed by His Majesty. By P. Turner, of Trinity-College, Cambridge. London: printed by W. Wilkins, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain; and sold by Ferd. Burleigh, in Amen-Corner, [1714]. ESTC No. N15128. Grub Street ID 4861.
  • The Grumbler. By Squire Gizzard. London: printed by W[illiam]. Wilkins, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain; and sold by R. Burleigh in Amen-Corner. Where advertisements are taken in, [1715]. ESTC No. P2075. Grub Street ID 55791.
  • Wood, William, of Jamaica. Occasional papers on the Assiento, and the affairs of Jamaica. London: printed by W. Wilkins, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain, MDCCXVI. [1716]. ESTC No. N10059. Grub Street ID 70.
  • The Whitehall-courant. London [England]: printed by W[illiam]. Wilkins at the Dolphin in Little-Britain, [1716]. ESTC No. P6353. Grub Street ID 58069.
  • Clarke, Samuel. The scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity. Wherein every text in the New Testament relating to that doctrine, is distinctly considered; and the Divinity of our Blessed Saviour according to the Scriptures, proved and explained. By Samuel Clarke, D. D. Rector of St. James's Westminster. The second edition.. London: printed by W. Wilkins, for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1719. ESTC No. T148973. Grub Street ID 195072.
  • Rey, Claudius. The weavers true case; or, the wearing of printed callicoes and linnen destructive to the woollen and silk manufacturies. Wherein all the material objections against the weavers are fairly stated, consider'd, and answer'd. Address'd to the Members of the Honourable House of Commons. By a Weaver. London: printed by W. Wilkins, and sold by J. Noon at the White-Hart in Cheapside; J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane; and W. Cherwood at Cato's Head in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, [1719]. ESTC No. T52309. Grub Street ID 279434.
  • Rey, Claudius. The weavers true case; or, the wearing of printed cailicoes and linnen destructive to the woollen and silk manufacturies. Wherein all the material objections against the weavers are fairly stated, consider'd, and answer'd. Address'd to the members of the Honourable House of Commons. By Claudius Rey, a weaver. The second edition. To which is added, a preface, in vindication of it. London: Printed by W. Wilkins, and sold by J. Noon at the White-Hart in Cheapside; J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane; and W. Chetwood at Cato's Head in Russel-street, Covent Garden, 1719. ESTC No. T52310. Grub Street ID 279435.

Sold by William Wilkins

  • The cries of the poor prisoners, humbly offer'd to the serious consideration of the king and Parliament. London: printed and sold by W. Wilkins, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain, 1716. ESTC No. N26849. Grub Street ID 16210.
  • The weekly-general-post. London [England]: printed and sold by W. Wilkins at the Dolphin in Little-Britain, and A. Dodd at the Peacock without Temple-Bar, 1717 [i.e. 1716]-. ESTC No. P3486. Grub Street ID 56816.

Printed for William Wilkins

  • Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal. Letters of Madame de Rabutin Chantal, Marchioness de Sevigne, to the Countess de Grignan, her daughter. In two volumes. Translated from the French. The second edition; with the addition of the preface printed at the Hague.. London: printed for W. Wilkins, 1732. ESTC No. N18924. Grub Street ID 8353.