Publications of W. Freeman

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. Freeman

  • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Seneca's Morals by way of abstractDT Of benefits, part I. The fourth edition. To which is added a discourse, under the title of An after-thought. By Sir R. L'Estrange, Kt. London: printed, and are to be sold by W. Freeman, at the Artichoke next St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street, 1688. ESTC No. R21852. Grub Street ID 93165.

Sold by W. Freeman

  • Bond, (John). J. A complete guide for justices of peace, according to the best approved authors. In two parts. The first containing the common and statute laws of England, relating to the office of a justice of peace. The second consisting of the most authentick and useful precedents, which do properly concern the same. By J. Bond of Grays-Inn, Esq;. London: printed, and are to be sold by W. Freeman at the Artichoke next St. Dunstans-Church in Fleet-street, M DC LXXXVII [1687]. ESTC No. R40759. Grub Street ID 122519.

Printed for W. Freeman

  • The whole duty of a Christian. Containing all things necessary, both as to what he is to know, and do, for the obtaining a happy eternity. To which is added, more particular directions, how to prepare for a comfortable death. London: printed for W. Freeman at the Bible, over-against the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet, 1699. ESTC No. R228967. Grub Street ID 101580.