Publications of Freeman. Collins

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 Freeman. Collins

  • Drelincourt, Charles. The Christian's defence against the fears of death. With seasonable directions how to prepare our selves to die well. Written originally in French, by the late reverend divine of the Protestant church of Paris, Char. Drelincourt. And translated into English by M. D'Assigny, B.D. The third edition.. London: printed by F[reeman]. C[ollins] for R[obert]. Clavel at the Peacock, and J[onathan]. Robinson at the Golden Lion in St. Paul's Church-yard; and A[wnsham]. and J[ohn]. Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-noster Row, 1692. ESTC No. R174749. Grub Street ID 67852.