Publications of Alex. Donaldson

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 Alex. Donaldson

  • Winslow, Jacques-Bénigne. An anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body. By James Benignus Winslow, Professor of Physic, Anatomy, and Surgery in the University of Paris, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and of the Royal Society at Berlin, &c. Translated from the French original, by G. Douglas, M.D. Illustrated with copper-plates. In two volumes. Volume I. Edinburgh: printed by Alex. Donaldson and John Reid. For Alexander Donalson, MDCCLXIII. [1763]. ESTC No. N1293. Grub Street ID 2895.

Printed for Alex. Donaldson

  • Pliny, the Younger. The epistles of Pliny the Younger. Translated from the original Latin. With explanatory notes. In two volumes. Volume I. Edinburgh: printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid. For Alex. Donaldson, MDCCLXII. [1762]. ESTC No. N7318. Grub Street ID 52255.