Publications of William Bowyer the younger

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  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.

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Printed by William Bowyer the younger

  • Original letters and papers of state, Addressed to Oliver Cromwell; concerning the affairs of Great Britain. From the year MDCXLIX to MDCLVIII. Found among the political collections of Mr. John Milton. Now first published from the originals. By John Nickolls, jun. Member of the Society of Antiquaries, London. London: printed by William Bowyer, and sold by John Whiston Bookseller, at Boyle's Head in Fleet-Street, MDCCXLIII. [1743]. ESTC No. T56123. Grub Street ID 282673.
  • A ceremonial for the private interment of her late Royal Highness Princess Caroline, ... on Thursday the fifth of January, 1758. London: printed by W. Bowyer; and sold by G. Woodfall, 1758. ESTC No. N38525. Grub Street ID 26195.
  • Lyons, Israel. A treatise of fluxions. By Israel Lyons, Junior. London: printed by William Bowyer: and sold by A. Millar in the Strand; B. Dodd in Ave-Mary Lane, London; and J. Fletcher, in Oxford; and by the author in Cambridge, M.DCC.LVIII. [1758]. ESTC No. T106786. Grub Street ID 159880.
  • The Earl Marshal's order concerning the robes, coronets, &c. which are to be worn by the peeresses at the coronation of Their Most Sacred Majesties King George III. and Queen Charlotte. London: printed by William Bowyer, 1761. ESTC No. N37837. Grub Street ID 25743.
  • The earl Marshal's order concerning the robes, coronets, &c. which are to be worn by the peeresses at the coronation of Their Most Sacred Majesties King George III. and Queen Charlotte. London: printed by William Bowyer. And sold by G. Woodfall, at Charing Cross, MDCCLXI. [1761]. ESTC No. N6961. Grub Street ID 50620.
  • Ellys, Anthony. Tracts on the liberty, spiritual and temporal, of protestants in England. Addressed to J. N. Esq; at Aix-la-Chapelle. By Anthony Ellys, D. D. Late Lord Bishop of St. David's. Part I. London: printed by William Bowyer; and sold by Whiston and White, in Fleet-Street; Hooper, near the New Church in the Strand; Woodfall, at Charing Cross; and Robson, in Bond Street, MDCCLXIII. [1763]. ESTC No. T138213. Grub Street ID 186088.
  • Hardouin, Jean. Joannis Harduini, Jesuitæ, ad Censuram scriptorum veterum prolegomena. Juxta autographum. Londini: sumptibus P. Vaillant, MDCCLXVI. [1766]. ESTC No. T126048. Grub Street ID 176086.

Printed for William Bowyer the younger

  • Clayton, Robert. A journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai, and back again. Translated from a manuscript, written by the Prefetto of Egypt, in company with some missionaries de propaganda fide at Grand Cairo. To which are added remarks on the origin of hieroglyphics, and the mythology of the ancient heathens. Dedicated to The Society of Antiquaries, London. By the Right Reverend Robert Lord Bishop of Clogher. The second edition, corrected.. London: printed for William Bowyer; and sold by J. Ward against the Royal Exchange, M. Cooper and R. Baldwin in Pater-Noster Row, and J. Robinson in Ludgate Street, MDCCLIII. [1753]. ESTC No. T130544. Grub Street ID 179638.
  • Clayton, Robert. A vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testament. Part III. Containing some observations on the nature of angels, and the scriptural account of the fall and redemption of mankind. In a series of letters to a young nobleman. By Dr. Robert Clayton, Lord Bishop of Clogher, fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries, London. London]: Dublin, printed, London, reprinted for W. Bowyer, and sold by R. Baldwin, and M. Cooper, in Pater-noster Row, MDCCLVIII. [1758. ESTC No. T143677. Grub Street ID 190731.
  • Clayton, Robert. A vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testament. In three parts. I. In answer to the objections of the late Lord Bolingbroke. II. Concerning the mosaical history of the creation and deluge; the theory of the tides; and remarks on the plurality of worlds. III. Containing observations on the nature of angels, and the scriptural account of the fall and redemption of mankind. In a series of letters to a young nobleman. To which is prefixed, an essay on spirit. Wherein the doctrine of the trinity is considered. By the late Dr. Robert Clayton, Lord Bishop of Clogher; fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries, London. London]: Dublin, printed, London, reprinted for W. Bowyer: and sold by R. Baldwin, in Pater-noster-Row, MDCCLIX. [1759. ESTC No. T98259. Grub Street ID 317567.
  • Verses on the coronation of their late Majesties King George II. and Queen Caroline, October 11, MDCCXXVII. Spoken by the scholars of Westminster School, (some of them now the ornaments of the nation) on January 15, following, being the day of the inauguration of Queen Elizabeth, their foundress. With a translation of all the Latin copies, the whole placed in the order of the transactions of that important day. Adorned with the coronation medals of the royal pair, and a bust of our present King. To which is subjoined the ceremonial of the august procession, very proper to be compared with the approaching one; and a catalogue of the coronation medals of the kings and queens of England. London: printed for W. Bowyer. Sold by R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; S. Barker, in College-Street, Westminster; and G. Woodfall, at Charing-Cross, MDCCLXI. [1761]. ESTC No. T53028. Grub Street ID 280023.
  • Pegge, Samuel. An essay on the coins of Cunobelin: in an epistle to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, ... wherein this noble set of coins is classed, and appropriated to our British king ... Two plates are prefixed, ... By Samuel Pegge, A.M. . London: printed for William Bowyer, 1766. ESTC No. N54947. Grub Street ID 38553.
  • Johnson, Samuel. The rambler. In four volumes. The eighth edition.. London: printed for W. Bowyer, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton, Hawes, Clarke, and Collins, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, W. and J. Richardson, G. Kearsley, W. Griffin, T. Cadell, W. Goldsmith, T. Carnan and F. Newbery, Robinson and Roberts, R. Baldwin, T. Davies, T. Becket, T. Evans, and B. Collins, MDCCLXXI. [1771]. ESTC No. N13487. Grub Street ID 3399.
  • Middleton, Conyers. The origin of printing: in two essays: I. The substance of Dr. Middleton's Dissertation on the origin of printing in England. II. Mr. Meerman's account of the invention of the art. An appendix is annexed, 1. On the first-printed Greek books. 2. On the first-printed Hebre w books, with Observations on some modern Editions; and a Collation, from Walton's Polyglott, of a remarkable Passage, as printed in Kings and Chronicles. 3. On the early polyglotts. London: printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, at Cicero's Head, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXIV. [1774]. ESTC No. N10660. Grub Street ID 667.

Author

  • Bowyer, William, the younger. A view of a book, entitled, Reliquiæ Baxterianæ. In a letter to a friend. London: printed by William Bowyer?, 1727. ESTC No. T144364. Grub Street ID 191233.
  • Bowyer, William, the younger. A dissertation: In which the objections of a late pamphlet to the writings of the antients, after the manner of Mr. Markland, are clearly answer'd; those passages in Tully corrected, on which some of the objections are founded: with amendments of a few pieces of criticism in Mr. Markland's epist. critica. London: Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noster-Row, M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]. ESTC No. T71728. Grub Street ID 295281.
  • Bowyer, William, the younger. Conjectures on the New Testament, collected from various authors, as well in regard to words as pointing: with the reasons on which both are founded. London: printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, at Cicero's Head, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXII. [1772]. ESTC No. T148135. Grub Street ID 194529.
  • Bowyer, William, the younger. An appendix to the first edition of The origin of printing; containing the additional remarks which have been inserted in the second edition. London: printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1776. ESTC No. T22323. Grub Street ID 245900.
  • Bowyer, William, the younger. An apology for some of Mr. Hooke's Observations concerning the Roman senate. With an index to the Observations. By Mr. Bowyer. London: printed by and for J. Nichols, 1782. ESTC No. T149081. Grub Street ID 195159.
  • Bowyer, William, the younger. An apology for some of Mr. Hooke's Observations concerning the Roman senate. With an index to the Observations. By Mr. Bowyer. To which are prefixed, some hints towards a life of Mr. Hooke. London: printed by and for J. Nichols, MDCCLXXXII. [1782]. ESTC No. N30090. Grub Street ID 19077.
  • Bowyer, William, the younger. Critical conjectures and observations on the New Testament, collected from various authors, as well in regard to words as pointing: with the reasons on which both are founded. By W. Bowyer. The third edition, much enlarged.. London: printed by and for J. Nichols, MDCCLXXXII. [1782]. ESTC No. T144505. Grub Street ID 191373.
  • Bowyer, William, the younger. Miscellaneous tracts, by the late William Bowyer, Printer, F. S. A. and several of his learned friends; including letters, on literary subjects, by Mr. Markland, Mr. Clarke, &c. &c. Collected, and illustrated with occasional notes, by John Nichols, Printer, F. S. A. Edinb. London: printed by and for the editor, MDCCLXXXV. [1785]. ESTC No. T144504. Grub Street ID 191372.