Publications of R.W. 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 R.W. and

  • Baxter, Richard. Three treatises tending to awaken secure sinners. Viz. 1. The terror of the day of judgement, 2 Cor, 5. 10. 2. The danger of slighting Christ and his Gospel, Matt. 22. 5. 3. True Christianity, of Christs absolute dominion, 1 Cor. 6. 19, 20. And mans necessary self-resignation and subjection unto Christ, Psa. 2. 10, 11, 12. By Rich. Baxter. London: Printed by R.W. and are to be sold by Nevil Simmons bookseller in Kederminster, and by Nathaniel Ekins at the Gun in Pauls Church Yard, 1658. ESTC No. R200750. Grub Street ID 78242.

Printed for R.W. and

  • Bouhours, Dominique. Christian thoughts for every day of the month. Together with meditations upon the most important truths of the Gospel. And prayers for every morning and evening. By a Divine of the Ch. of England. The second edition enlarged. Imprimatur; Hen. Maurice, Archiepisc. October 20th. 1685. Cant. a Sacris. London: printed for R.W. and sold by J[oseph]. Wilde at the Elephant at Charing-Cross, 1700. ESTC No. R176238. Grub Street ID 68858.