Publications of Aldersgate, and

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 Aldersgate, and

  • Munn, Thomas. The life of Thomas Munn, alias, the Gentleman Brick-maker, alias, Tom The Smuggler, who was executed with John Hall, alias Rich on Friday the 6th of April, 1750, at Chelmsford, ... Publish'd from the copy all wrote with his own hand, ... To which is added, a short account o the life of John Hall, his accomplice, and the manner of their being taken:. London: printed for Thomas Harris at Aldersgate, and sold at the Three Coneys, Rumford; George, Brentwood; Bell, Ingatestone; and the Star at Chelmsford: also by Mr. Whitehead at Braintree; Mr. Nicholls at Witham; Mr. Darby and Mr. Pilborough at Colchester; Mr. Creighton at Ipswich; Mr. Eaton at Yarmouth; and by the Hawkers who carry the news, 1750. ESTC No. N60569. Grub Street ID 43593.