Publications of Joseph Cranford

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 Joseph Cranford

  • Hardy, Nathaniel. Carduus benedictus, the advantage of affliction, or The reward of patience. Unfolded in a sermon preached at the funeralls of Mr. Thomas Bowyer merchant, who died the 8th day of February 1659, and was buried the 22th of the same moneth, in the parish church of St. Olaves Jewry. By Nath. Hardy Minister of St Dionys. Back-Church. London: printed for Joseph Cranford at the sign of the Castle and Lyon in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1659. ESTC No. R17381. Grub Street ID 67176.