Publications of A. Purslowe.

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 A. Purslowe.

  • Hart, John. The charitable Christian. Or, A word of comfort from the God of comfort, to such as are truly poor. And a word of Christian counsel and advice to such as are worldly rich, stirring them up to the Christian duty and practice of charity. With some powerful motives and perswasions thereunto. [sic] drawn from the Word of God, to convince men of the necessity of this Christian duty; with the sore evils and calamities which are threatned in the Word of God against unmerciful men. Published by a lover of hospitality. London]: Printed by A. P[urslowe]. and T. H[aly]. for W. Thackeray, T. Passinger, P. Brooksby, and J. Williamson, [1678?. ESTC No. R177832. Grub Street ID 69795.