Publications of S.B. 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 by S.B. and

  • Weld, Thomas. The perfect Pharisee under monkish holinesse, opposing the fundamentall principles of the doctrine of the Gospel, and Scripture-practices of Gospel-worship manifesting himselfe in the generation of men called Qvakers, or, A preservative against the grosse blasphemies and horrid delusions of those, who under pretence of perfection and an immediate call from God, make it their businesse to revile and disturb the ministers of the gospel. Published for the establishing of the people of God in the faith once delivered to the saints, and in a speciall manner directed to beleevers, in Newcastle and Gateside. Gateside [i.e. Gateshead, Durham]: Printed by S.B. and are to be sould by Will: London book-seller in Newcastle, 1653. ESTC No. R37653. Grub Street ID 119870.

Printed for S.B. and

  • Hickeringill, Edmund. The works of Mr. Edmund Hickeringhill, ... Containing the history of priestcraft, in four parts. ... Also The black non-conformist, ... Collected into three volumes. With an index. London: printed for S.B. and sold by J. Browne, J. Marshall, and E. Symon, 1716. ESTC No. N65299. Grub Street ID 47195.