Publications of John Debrett

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 Debrett

  • Boyer, A. The complete French scholars guide, and practical grammar. Containing 1. An accurate analysis of the parts of speech, with Illustrations and Examples. 2. Examples and Exercises, so as to lead to the true Understanding of the Rules of the Language. 3. Polite Dialogues and Conversations, in which are introduced Phrases that occur most frequently in Discourse. 4. Elegant Extracts, to be translated by way of Exercise from English into French. 5. Selections from History, to be translated from French into English. 6. A comprehensive Table of Verbs alphabetically arranged, with their Derivatives of Substantives, Adjectives and Adverbs, and which renders the Use of a Spelling-Book unnecessary. 7. An appendix containing an alphabetical list of substantives, Adjectives, and Adverbs without Verbs. The whole laid down so perspicuous and clear, as to render the Acquirement of that polite and necessary Language expeditious and easy to every Learner, even without the Help of a Master. By Mr. Boyer, Auth. The sixth edition. With considerable additions.. London: printed by John Debrett, No. 179, Piccadilly, MDCCXCVI. [1796]. ESTC No. N5063. Grub Street ID 34682.

Printed for John Debrett

  • Franklin, Benjamin. Observations on the causes and cure of smoky chimneys. By His Excellency Benjamin Frankin, LLD. F.R.S, president of the state of Pennsylvania, and of the American Philosophical Society, &c. in a letter to Dr. Ingen-Housz, physician to the emperor, at Vienna. Illustrated by a copper-plate. The second edition.. London]: Philadelphia printed: London: re-printed for John Debrett, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly; and J. Sewell, in Cornhill, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787. ESTC No. T10089. Grub Street ID 154803.