Publications of oposals and

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 oposals and

  • Browne, Daniel, senior. A new adventure, for law-books to be disposed of by lot, wherein all are gainers ... The proposals being so fair and advantagious, it has already met with such encouragement, that it will be drawn on Thursday, July 21. 1698. London]: Proposals and tickets may be had of the undertakers Dan. Brown, at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-bar, and John Nicholson, at the Kings Arms in Little Britain; and also of Mr. Will. Hensman in Westminster-hall; Mr. Harrison at Lincolns-Inn gate in Chancery-lane; Mr. Hartley over against Greys-Inn gate in Holborn; Mr. Rich. Hargrave at the Rainbow coffee-house in Fleet-street; Mr. Knaplock in St. Pauls church-yard, and Mr. Rich. Parker under the Royal-Exchange in Cornhil; and of most other booksellers in Fleet-street and near the Inns of court ..., [1698. ESTC No. R175623. Grub Street ID 68449.