Publications of Langly Curtis

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 Langly Curtis

  • A Collection of letters and poems microform / written by several persons of honour and learning, upon divers important subjects, to the late Duke and Dutchess of Newcastle. London: Printed by Langly Curtis .., MDCLXXVIII [1678]. ESTC No. R40847. Grub Street ID 122603.

Printed for Langly Curtis

  • Smith, John, of Snenton in Yorkshire, Gent.. Cytherea, or The enamouring girdle. A new comedy. Written by John Smith of Snenton in York-shire, gent. Licensed, May 30. 1677. Roger L'Estrange. London: printed for Langly Curtis in Goat-Court, on Ludgate-Hill, M.DC.LXXVII. [1677]. ESTC No. R14120. Grub Street ID 62169.