Publications of John. Playford

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. Playford

  • The carpenters rule made easie: or the art of measuring superficies and solids; as timber, stone, boards, glass, and the like. Also an addition or second way, being the ground work of measuring timber, stone, boards, and glass. With the table of multiplication or account much enlarged, performing multiplication and division, in arithmetick and geometry, by inspection, into the golden rule, and rule reverse. It being of excellent use for carpenters, joyners, masons, glasiers, painters, sawyers, or any others that have occasion to buy or sell, or make use of any suc kind of measure for themselves or others. Perform'd by certain tables collected for that purpose. With an appendix for gauging and making of cask. By John Darling. The fourth edition, wherein the tables are new calculated, and the errors in the former editions amended.. London: printed by J[ohn]. Playford, for Tho. Sawbridge, at the three Flower-de-luces in Little Britain, 1684. ESTC No. R171686. Grub Street ID 65831.

Printed for John. Playford

  • Playford, John. An introduction to the skill of musick. In two books. The first: the grounds and rules of musick, according to the gam-ut, and other principles thereof. The second: instructions & lessons for the bass-viol: and instructions & lessons for the treble-violin. By John Playford. To which is added, The art of descant, or Composing musick in parts. by Dr. Tho. Campion. With annotations thereon, by Mr. Chr. Simpson. The sixt edition corrected and enlarged.. London: printed by W. Godbid for J[ohn]. Playford at his shop in the Temple near the Church, 1672. ESTC No. R217326. Grub Street ID 92125.