Publications of J. Osborne

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 J. Osborne

  • Locke, John. A letter concerning toleration. By John Locke, Esq. A new edition. Published for the benefit of mankind. London: Printed for J. Osborne and T. Griffin, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Mozley, Gainsbrough, MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]. ESTC No. T155050. Grub Street ID 198943.
  • Pope, Alexander. An essay on man, in four epistles to a friend. By Alexander Pope, esq. Nineteenth edition.. London: printed for J. Osborne and T. Griffin in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Mozley, Gainsbrough, 1784. ESTC No. N478386. Grub Street ID 359250.
  • Bunyan, John. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come. ... Complete in three parts. By John Bunyan. The fifty-ninth edition. Adorned with cuts.. London: printed for J. Osborne and T. Griffin, and J. Mozley, Gainsborough, 1785. ESTC No. T58396. Grub Street ID 284512.
  • Goldsmith, Oliver. The poetical works of Dr. Goldsmith. Complete in one volume. London [i.e. Gainsborough]: printed for J. Osborne and T. Griffin, and J. Mozley, Gainsborough, 1785. ESTC No. T146790. Grub Street ID 193402.
  • Wortley Montagu, Lady Mary. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M-y W--y M--e: written during her travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, to persons of distinction, men of letters, &c. in different parts of Europe. Which contain among other curious relations, accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks; Drawn from Sources that have been inaccessible to other Travellers. A new edition. The four volumes complete in one.. London: printed for J. Osborne and T. Griffin, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Mozley, Gainsbrough, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]. ESTC No. T79453. Grub Street ID 301014.