Publications of Gottlob Emanuel

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 Gottlob Emanuel

  • Aikin, John. Miscellaneous pieces in prose, by J. and A. L. Aikin. Altenburgh: printed for Gottlob Emanuel Richter, 1775. ESTC No. N34942. Grub Street ID 23232.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by Gottlob Emanuel

  • Ellis, W.. An authentic narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in His Majesty's ships Resolution and Discovery, during the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780; ... Altenburg: printed and sold by Gottlob Emanuel Richter, 1788. ESTC No. N30624. Grub Street ID 19550.