Publications of W. Wilde.

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 W. Wilde.

  • S., J.. The accomplished ladies rich closet of rarities: or the ingenious gentlewoman and servant-maids delightfull companion. Containing many excellent things for the accomplishment of the female sex, after the exactest manner and method, viz. 1. The art of distilling. 2. Makin artificial wines. 3. Making syrups. 4. Conserving, preserving, &c. 5. Candying and drying fruits, &c. 6. Confectioning. 7. Carving. 8. To make beautifying-waters, oyls, pomatums, musk-balls, perfumes, &c. 9. Physical and chyrurgical receipts. 10. The duty of a wet nurse, and to know and cure diseases in children, &c. 11. The compleat chamber-maids instructions to pickling, making spoonmeats, washing, starching, taking out spots and stains, scowring gold or silver lace, point, &c. 12. The experienced cook-maid, or instructions for dressing, garnishing, making sawces, serving up together, with the art of pastry. 13. Bills of fare. 14. The accomplished dairy-maids directions, &c. 15. The judicious midwives directions, how wo. London: printed by W. W[ilde]. for Nicholas Boddington in Duck-Lane; and Josiah Blare on London-Bridge, 1687. ESTC No. R184124. Grub Street ID 73823.