Publications of Charles Brome

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.

Printers (owners of the type and printing presses, and possibly owners of the copyright) may be identified by the words printed by, but printed by does not universally designate a person who is a printer by trade. Booksellers may be identified by the words sold by. Booksellers may also be identified by the words printed for, but nothing should be concluded in this regard without further evidence, especially since "printed for" could signify that the named person was a distributor (or what we might call a wholesaler) rather than a copyright holder. Copyright owners may also be identified by the words printed for. Trade publishers, who distributed books and pamphlets but did not own the copyright or employ a printer—and were not printers themselves—might be identified by the words printed and sold by. Furthermore, works from this period often display false imprints, whether to evade copyright restrictions, to conceal the name of the copyright holders, or to dupe unwitting customers. Ultimately, one must proceed with caution in using the following lists: designations in the imprints may not reliably reflect the actual trades or roles of the people named, and the formulas used in imprints do not consistently mean the same thing.

David Foxon discussed the "meaning of the imprint" in his Lyell Lecture delivered at Oxford in March 1976, with particular attention to "publishers" in the eighteenth-century context:

The fullest form of an imprint is one which names three people, or groups of people:
     London: printed by X (the printer), for Y (the bookseller who owned the copyright), and sold by Z.
In the eighteenth century the printer's name is rarely given, at least in works printed in London, and the form is more commonly:
     London: printed for Y, and sold by Z.
Very often in this period, and particularly for pamphlets, it is further abbreviated to:
     London: printed and sold by Z.
It is this last form which is my present concern. Z is usually what the eighteenth century called 'a publisher', or one who distributes books and pamphlets without having any other responsibility—he does not own the copyright or employ a printer, or even know the author.

He cautions, "The only way to avoid being misled is to regard any imprint which says a book is printed for a publisher as meaning it is sold by him" (5).

D. F. McKenzie coined the term "trade publisher" for these publishers in his Sandars Lectures, also in 1976, on the grounds that their principal role was to publish on behalf of other members of the book trade (Treadwell 100).

Michael Treadwell cautions that "In this period the imprint 'London: Printed and sold by A.B.' normally means 'Printed at London, and sold by A.B.' and must not be taken to mean that A.B. is a printer in the absence of other evidence." Further, "The imprint 'published by' occurs only rarely in Wing and is almost always associated with the name of a trade publisher" (104). While there are exceptions to the rule, it is "certain," he explains, "that anyone who made a speciality of distributing works for others will show a far higher proportion than normal of imprints in one of the 'sold by' forms" (116), which appear in the imprint as "sold by," "printed and sold by," or "published by" (104). Treadwell gives Walter Kettilby as an example of "a fairly typical copyright-owning bookseller" (106)—his role is almost always designated by the phrase "printed for" on imprints.

A final caution: publisher is a word that should be used with some deliberation. Samuel Johnson defines it simply as "One who puts out a book into the world," but "published by" rarely appears on the imprint until later in the eighteenth century, and then primarily associated with newspapers and pamphlets. Treadwell observes that John Dunton names only five publishers among the 200 binders and booksellers in his autobiographical Life and Errors (1705) wherein he undertakes "to draw the Character of the most Eminent [Stationers] in the Three Kingdoms" (100). Treadwell also remarks, however, that "in law, anyone who offered a work for sale 'published' it. In this sense every work had one or more 'publishers', and every bookseller, mercury, and hawker was a 'publisher'" (114).

See:

  • Terry Belanger, "From Bookseller to Publisher: Changes in the London Book Trade, 1750–1850," in Book Selling and Book Buying. Aspects of the Nineteenth-Century British and North American Book Trade, ed. Richard G. Landon (Chicago: American Library Association, 1978).
  • Bricker, Andrew Benjamin. "Who was 'A. Moore'? The Attribution of Eighteenth-Century Publications with False and Misleading Imprints," in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 110.2 (2016).
  • John Dunton, The Life and Errors of John Dunton (London: Printed for S. Malthus, 1705).
  • John Feather, "The Commerce of Letters: The Study of the Eighteenth-Century Book Trade," Eighteenth-Century Studies 17 (1984).
  • David Foxon, Pope and the Early Eighteenth-Century Book Trade, ed. James McLaverty (Oxford University Press, 1991).
  • Samuel Johnson, Dictionary of the English Language, (printed for J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755).
  • D.F. McKenzie, The London Book Trade in the Later Seventeenth Century (Sandars lectures in bibliography, 1977).
  • Michael Treadwell, "London Trade Publishers 1675–1750," The Library sixth series, vol. 4, no. 2 (1982).

Printed by Charles Brome

  • Shewring, Adam. The plain-dealing poulterer: or A poulterer's shop opened, with all sorts of ware, and how to know the young from the old, being dead or alive. Also how to feed and fatten fowl in a short time; with other things necessary to be known. Very usefull for gentlemen and others, that they may not be deceived. By Adam Shewring, a poulterer. London: printed by C. Brome, at the Gun at the West-end of Saint Paul's, 1687. ESTC No. R184105. Grub Street ID 73808.
  • Company of the Royal Fishery of England.. A list of the Company of the royal fishery of England. London: printed by Charles Brome, for the Company of of the royal fishery of England, 1697. ESTC No. R179779. Grub Street ID 71047.

Printed for Charles Brome

  • Hooper, George. The Church of England free from the imputation of popery. London: printed for Ch. Brome at the Gun at the west-end of St. Paul's Church-yard, 1685. ESTC No. R215338. Grub Street ID 90398.
  • Ball, John. Short questions and answers. Explaining the common catechism in the book of common-prayer. London: printed for C[harles]. Brome, and are to be sold at the Gun in the west end of St. Paul's Church-yard, 1690. ESTC No. R172552. Grub Street ID 66395.
  • Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Paris (France). Archbishop (1671-1695 : Harlay de Champvallon).. The condemnation of Monsieur du Pin his History of ecclesiastical authors, by the Archbishop of Paris; as also his own retractation. Translated out of French. Together with a copy of the submission of the French clergy to the Pope, in reference to the Propositions of the Assembly, 1682. London: printed for Charles Brome and Will. Keblewhite, at the west-end of St. Paul's, and at the Swan in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1696. ESTC No. R11961. Grub Street ID 60178.
  • Limojon de Saint-Didier, Alexandre-Toussaint. The city and republick of Venice. In three parts. Originally written in French by Monsieur de S. Desdier. London: printed for Char. Brome at the Gun at the west end of St. Paul's, 1699. ESTC No. R34981. Grub Street ID 117452.
  • Leslie, Charles. A defence of a book intituled, The snake in the grass. In reply to several answers put out to it by George Whithead, Joseph Wyeth, &c. London: printed by M. Bennet, for C. Brome at the Gun, W. Keblewhite at the Swan in St. Paul's Church-Yard. And Geo. Strahan at the Golden-Ball, over against the Royal-Exchange, in Cornhil, 1700. ESTC No. R13374. Grub Street ID 61481.
  • Ken, Thomas. Three hymns, by the Bishop of Bath and Wells . London: printed for Ch. Broome ... 1700. And are to be sold by John Ramsay at the foot of his house within the foot of Con's Closs [in Edinburgh, 1700]. ESTC No. R179189. Grub Street ID 70709.
  • Leslie, Charles. A discourse proving the divine institution of water-baptism: wherein the Quaker-arguments against it, are collected and confuted. With as much as is needful concerning the Lord's supper. By the author of, The snake in the grass. The second edition.. London: printed for C. Brome, at the Gun, at the west-End of St. Paul's. W. Keblewhite, at the White Swan, in St. Paul's Church-Yard. And G. Strahan, at the Golden Ball, over-against the Royal Exchange, in Cornhill, 1700. ESTC No. R470510. Grub Street ID 359239.
  • Cane, Thomas. Three hymns, or spiritual songs. For the behove of all devout Christians for morning, evening, and at midnight, by Thomas Cane, D: D. Pasture of Bath and Wells. London: printed for Ch: Broome, at the Gun, at the west end of St. Paul's Church, 1700. And are to be sold by John Ramsay at his house within the foot of Can's Closs, [1700]. ESTC No. R235840. Grub Street ID 106852.
  • Leslie, Charles. The present state of Quakerism in England. Wherein is shew'd, That the Greatest Part of the Quakers in England are so far Converted, as to be Convinced. Upon Occasion of the Relapse of Sam. Crisp to Quakerism. Offer'd to the Consideration of the Present General Yearly Meeting of the Quakers in London, this Whitsun-Week. 1701. London: printed for Char. Brome, at the Gun in Ludgate-Street. And Geo. Strahan, at the Golden-Bal[l] over against the Royal-Exchange Cornhil, 1701. ESTC No. T63781. Grub Street ID 288924.
  • Leslie, Charles. The case of the regale and of the pontificat stated. In a conference concerning the independency of the Church, upon any Power on Earth, in the Exercise of Her Purely Spiritual Power and Authority. As likewise a Defence of it (in a Supplement) being a Reply to an Answer lately Publish'd against it. Also a Preface, wherein is shewed, That there is no Danger in Asserting the Divine and Inherent Rights of the Church: But, on the otherhand, That there is Greater Security, and an In-Dispensible Obligation to Insist upon them: with additions. The second edition.. London: printed for C. Brome, G. Strahan, &c. At the Gun in Ludgate-Street, and at the Golden Ball over-against the Royal Exchange, MDCCII. [1701]. ESTC No. N14750. Grub Street ID 4518.
  • Hill, Anthony. Afer baptizatus: Or, The Negro turn'd Christian. Being a short and plain discourse, shewing I. The necessity of instructing and baptizing slaves in English plantations. II. The folly of that vulgar opinion, that slaves do cease to be slaves when once baptized. Delivered (most of it) in a sermon preach'd at Stratford-le-Bow in Middlesex, March the 15th 170 1/2. By Anthony Hill, lecturer there, and chaplain to His Grace the Duke of Richmond. London: Printed for Charles Broome, at the Gunin Ludgate-street; and Edward Evett, at the Green Dragon in St. Paul'd Church-yard, MDCCII. [1702]. ESTC No. T108329. Grub Street ID 161227.
  • Lloyd, William. The history of the government of the Church, as it was in Great-Britain and Ireland, when they first received the Christian religion. By William Lloyd, D. D. Bishop of Worcester. The third edition.. London: printed for Ch. Brome, at the Gun, at the West-End of St. Paul's Church, 1703. ESTC No. N8438. Grub Street ID 53346.
  • Sprat, Thomas. The plague of Athens, which hapned [sic] in the second year of the Peloponnesian war. First described in Greek by Thucydides; then in Latin by Lucretius. Since attempted in English. By the Right Reverend Father in God Thomas Lord Bishop of Rochester. London: printed for Charles Brome, at the Gun, at the West-End of St. Paul's, 1703. ESTC No. N11495. Grub Street ID 1495.

Author

  • Brome, Charles. Books printed for Charles Brome, at the Gun at the west-end of St. Pauls, 1698. London: printed for Charles Brome, 1698. ESTC No. R224355. Grub Street ID 98014.
  • Brome, Charles. To the memory of Mr. Dryden. A poem. London: printed for Charles Brome, at the Gun, at the west-end of St. Paul's Church, 1700. ESTC No. R2157. Grub Street ID 90679.