Publications of John Archer

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 John Archer

  • Preston, William. Democratic rage; or, Louis the unfortunate. A tragedy. The third edition. By William Preston, Esq. Dublin: printed by Graisberry and Campbell, for John Archer, No. 80, Dame-Street, 1793. ESTC No. N33454. Grub Street ID 21934.
  • Schiller, Friedrich. The robbers. A Tragedy. Translated from the German of Frederick Schiller. Dublin: printed by Graisberry & Campbell, for John Archer No. 86, Dame-Street, 1793. ESTC No. N12833. Grub Street ID 2805.

Author

  • Archer, John. A catalogue of the library of the late Right Honourable Denis Daly. Which will be sold by auction, on Tuesday, the first of May, 1792, by James Vallance, ... Dublin: printed for the proprietors, John Archer, and William Jones, [1792]. ESTC No. T3191. Grub Street ID 262667.
  • Archer, John. Archer's catalogue of books for 1793, comprehending an uncommon variety of rare and valuable articles in every useful language and class of literature, with the prices affixed to each. ... The sale begins on Wednesday, the 3d of April, 1793. ... Dublin: no. 80, Dame-Street [printed for John Archer], 1793. ESTC No. T203675. Grub Street ID 234178.