Publications of them at

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 them at

  • Sacred poetry. Consisting of psalms and hymns, adapted to Christian devotion, in public and private. Selected from the best authors, with variations and additions. By Jeremy Belknap, D.D. Published according to act of Congress. [Boston]: Printed at Boston for Thomas and Andrews and D. West, proprietors of the work. Sold by them at their respective bookstores, and by the several booksellers in town and country. Nov., 1797 [1798]. ESTC No. W2548. Grub Street ID 335463.

Printed for them at

  • Flecknoe, Richard. A treatise of the sports of wit. London]: Printed for the author, 1675. Inquire for them at Simon Neals, at the Three Pidgeons in Bedfordstreet in Covent-Garden, [1675. ESTC No. R20266. Grub Street ID 79883.