Publications of J. Hunter

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. Hunter

  • Johnson, Charles. The cobler of Preston, as it is acted at the Theatres of London and Dublin. Written by Mr. Johnson. Dramatis Personae. Sir Charles Briton, a Country Gentleman. Capt. Jolly, his Friend. Servants to Sir Charles Briton, dress'd in Spanish Habits. by the Names of Lorenzo, Diego, Bartolino, and Pedro. Huntsman. Constable. Butler to Sir Charles. Kit Sly, alias Toby Guzzle, a drunken Cobler. Alice. Betty, Chamber-Maid to Sir Charles, dress'd for a Spanish Princess. Cicely Gundy, a Country Ale Wife. Joan, alias Dorcas Guzzle, Kit Sly's Wife. Scene. Sir Charles's House, and the Road before it, with the Cobler's Hovel, and the Constable's House. Time of Action, from Nine in the Morning till Ten at Night. Dublin: printed for J. Hunter, in Sycamore-Alley, and J. Williams, in Skinner-Row, [1770?]. ESTC No. T167095. Grub Street ID 205231.