Publications of Charles Nourse

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 Charles Nourse

  • Orme, Robert. Historical fragments of the Mogul empire. Of the Morattoes, and of the English concerns, in Indostan, from the year M, DC, Lix. London: printed for C. Nourse in the Strand, M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782] [1783]. ESTC No. T105584. Grub Street ID 158849.
  • Bartlet, J. The gentleman's farriery; or, a practical treatise on the diseases of horses; wherein ... M. La Fosse's method of trepanning glandered horses is particularly considered and improved: also a new method of nicking horses is recommended; with a copper-plate and description of the machine. To which is added an appendix, ... By J. Bartlet, . The twelfth edition, revised.. London: printed for C. Nourse; J. F. and C. Rivington; S. Crowder; G. G. J. and J. Robinson; W. Stewart; W. Lowndes; and T. Pote, at Eton, 1788. ESTC No. N2417. Grub Street ID 13532.
  • Porny, Mr.. The practical French grammar, containing plain and concise rules for the true pronunciation of the French language. An accurate Analysis of the Parts of Speech, &c. A copious Vocabulary disposed under proper Heads. Phrases that occur most frequently in Discourse. Various Expressions serving to display common Idioms in both Languages. Dialogues upon familiar, entertaining, and instructive Subjects. A Collection of judicious Sayings, smart Repartees, entertaining Stories, &c. The Whole laid down in a Manner so clear and methodical, as to render the Study and Attainment of the French Language easy to any Capacity. By Mr. Porny, French-Master at Eton-College. The sixth edition, corrected.. London: printed for C. Nourse, in the Strand; and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, in Paternoster Row, M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]. ESTC No. N12329. Grub Street ID 2335.