Publications of Ja. Watson

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."

Sold by Ja. Watson

  • The court kalendar. Containing I. The births of all the sovereign Princes now living, with the time of the first founding of all the kingdoms, &c. now in Europe, p. 5. II. A list of the cardinals, with the time of their births and promotions, p. 9. III. The deaths of all the Princes since 1720, p. 21. IV. Remarks historical and chronological concerning the age of the world, p. 26. V. Of the names of the months, p. 27. VI. A list of the Privy Council, p. 28. VII. List of the Knight[s] of the Garter, p. 30. VIII. --- of those of the Bath, p. 31. IX. --- of those of the Thistle, p. 32. X A list of the foreign ministers now residing at the court of Great Britain, and of the English ministers abaroad, p. 32. XI. A list of the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and common council, p. 34. XII. Rates of the hackney coachmen and watermen, p. 39. XIII. Memorable events since 1688, p. 42. Suited to bind up with Rider's Almanack, a list of the present Parliament, and a list of the publick offices. London: Printed and sold by Ja. Watson, in Wardrobe-Court Great Carter-Lane, MDCCXL. [1740, i.e. 1739?]. ESTC No. T34323. Grub Street ID 264643.