Publications of Thomas Longman the Second

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 by Thomas Longman the Second

  • Sterne, Laurence. Original letters of the late Reverend Mr. Laurence Sterne; never before published. London: printed at the Logographic Press, and sold by T. Longman, Pater-Noster Row; J. Robson, and W. Clarke, New Bond Street; and W. Richardson, under the Royal Exchange, 1788. ESTC No. T14810. Grub Street ID 194496.

Printed for Thomas Longman the Second

  • Cowper, William. Il penseroso. An evening's contemplation in St. John's Church-Yard, Chester. A rhapsody, written more than twenty years ago; and now (first) published. Illustrated with notes historical and explanatory. London: printed for T. Longman in Paternoster-Row; and sold by John Lawton in Chester, M.DCC.LXVII. [1767]. ESTC No. N11239. Grub Street ID 1237.
  • Kearsley's arms of the peers, peeresses, &c of England, Scotland, and Ireland. London: s.n., 1790?. ESTC No. N51110. Grub Street ID 35123.
  • Royal College of Physicians of London.. The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Translated into English, with notes, indexes of new names, preparations, &c. &c. By the late Thomas Healde, M. D. F. R. S. Lumleyan Lecturer at the College of Physicians, and Senior Physician of the London Hospital. The fifth edition, revised; and adapted to the last improved edition of the college. By John Latham, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Physician to the Middlesex and Magdalen Hospitals. London: printed by H. S. Woodfall, for T. Longman, Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXCI. [1791]. ESTC No. N11346. Grub Street ID 1344.
  • Watts, Isaac. Prayers composed for the use and imitation of children, suited to their different ages and their various occasions. Together with instructions to youth in the duty of prayer, drawn up by way of question and answer. And a serious address to them on that subject. By I. Watts D.D. London: printed for T. Longman. T. Field; and C. Dilly, 1792. ESTC No. N39557. Grub Street ID 26877.
  • Watts, Isaac. Philosophical essays on various subjects; viz. space, substance, body, spirit, ... With some remarks on Mr. Locke's Essay on the human understanding. To which is subjoined, A brief scheme of ontology, ... By Isaac Watts, D.D. The sixth edition, corrected.. London: printed for T. Longman; T. Field; and C. Dilly, 1794. ESTC No. N20657. Grub Street ID 10045.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by Thomas Longman the Second

  • A new and improved spelling dictionary of the English language; teaching To Write as well as to Spell Correctly: Each Word being printed either with a small or a large initial Letter, as it ought in strict Propriety to be written. The part of speech and accent of each Word and Syllable are accurately marked, and a certain Plan laid down for avoiding the improper Use of Capital Initial Letters, which often disgraces a fine Hand-Writing. To which is added, A list of proper names of men and women, A preface, and also a Compendious English Grammar. London: printed and sold by T. Longman, Messrs. Hawes, Clarke, and Colins, in Paternoster-Row; and T. Caslon, near Stationers-Hall, 1771. ESTC No. T54015. Grub Street ID 280889.