Publications of John Francis

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 John Francis

  • Mann, Isaac. A familiar exposition of the Church-catechism, in five parts. ... To which are added, prayers, ... By Isaac Mann, . The sixth edition enlarged.. London]: Dublin, printed. London, reprinted by John, Francis, and Charles Rivington, 1777. ESTC No. N32147. Grub Street ID 20935.

Printed for John Francis

  • Secker, Thomas. Eight charges delivered to the clergy of the dioceses of Oxford and Canterbury. To Which Are Added Instructions To Candidates For Orders; And A Latin Speech Intended to have been made at the Opening of the Convocation in 1761. By Thomas Secker, LL. D. Late Lord Archbishop Of Canterbury. Published from the original manuscripts, by Beilby Porteus, D. D. and George Stinton, D. D. His Grace's Chaplains. The fourth edition.. London: printed for John, Francis and Charles Rivington; No 62, St. Paul's Church yard; and Benjamin White and Son, in Fleet-Street, 1790. ESTC No. N48334. Grub Street ID 32904.