Publications of W. Nicoll

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 W. Nicoll

  • A plain and practical exposition of the four evangelists: wherein the natural meaning of the text, and the agreement of the evangelists, are concisely but distinctly pointed out; . London: printed by W. Nicoll, 1744. ESTC No. N63629. Grub Street ID 45763.

Printed for W. Nicoll

  • The liberty of the press. London: printed for W. Nicoll in St. Paul's Church Yard, [1770?]. ESTC No. N10455. Grub Street ID 466.