Publications of Joseph Wild

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 Joseph Wild

  • Pufendorf, Samuel. The compleat history of Sweden, from its origin to this time: comprehending the lives and reigns of all its kings and governors, the several Revolutions, Wars, Riches, Forces, Strength, and Interest of that Nation, in Respect to the other Kingdoms of Europe. Written by the famous Samuell Puffendorf, late Chancellor of State in that Kingdom. Faithfully translated from the original High-Dutch, and carefully continued down to this present year. London: printed by J. Brudenell, for Joseph Wild at the Elephant at Charing-Cross, 1702. ESTC No. N4979. Grub Street ID 33943.